Irene and Eve were born seven years apart in France, right around the turn of the century. Her two daughters on the other hand are a story waiting to be told. But Marie’s history is relatively well known, still taught in the history books, the subject of several films. Her journals and papers are still so radioactive today that they are stored in lead lined boxes and cannot be handled without protection. She died at age 66 due to complications of decades of exposure to radiation.
Curie is still the only person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different sciences, work that did not come without a steep price.
Her name is synonymous with radioactivity, not just because she invented the term “radioactivity” but because the unit of measure for it is her last name. Women's International Center is deeply honored to have present with us to accept the Tribute To Greatness honoring Marie Curie, her esteemed daughter, Eve Curie Labouisse.Marie Curie is a household name in the right sorts of households, the woman who walked into the fraternity of nineteenth century physics and carved out a legend for herself. Labouisses' fifteen years as Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund, he and Eve Curie Labouisse traveled to many of the more than 100 developing countries that were receiving UNICEF assistance. In 1952, she was appointed Special Adviser to the Secretary General of NATO and served on its International Staff until she and Henry R.
She later wrote Journey Among Warriors, a chronicle of her travel to the fronts of World War II.Īfter the defeat of France in 1940, Eve Curie moved to England and worked for the Allied and Free French causes during the rest of the war. After her mother died in 1934, Eve Curie researched and wrote the internationally known and best selling book, Madame Curie. Eve Curie Labouisse is the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, the discoverers of radium and Nobel Prize winners.
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