00:00 At the age of 28, the young Marie met and married a French scientist named Pierre Curie.
00:05 Together in their laboratory in Paris, they shared in the research that isolated two radioactive elements, radium and polonium.
00:12 Their efforts brought them a joint Nobel Prize in 1903.
00:16 After the tragic death of her husband three years later, Madame Curie carried on the work alone
00:21 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for an unprecedented second time in 1911 for her work in refining the radium metal itself.
00:29 In 1921, she made the first of several trips to America.
00:32 President Warren Harding served as the official spokesman of the women of America
00:36 in presenting the discovery of radium with a medal and a gift of one gram of the precious stuff valued at over $50,000.
00:44 Madame Curie graciously accepted America's grateful donation that would allow her to continue her research.
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00:58 Again in 1929, she returned on board ship with her two grown daughters for a second donation.
01:04 By now advancing old age, willing to take its toll of the woman whose brilliant mind had isolated element 88.
01:10 President Herbert Hoover proudly made the presentation of an additional gram of radium to its discoverer.
01:16 Madame Curie's life work could continue with one more gram of the life-saving metal.
01:20 The great woman scientist was to die in Savoy, France on July 4, 1934.
01:26 But Madame Curie's contribution to humanity would keep her name and memory alive in the annals of mankind forever.
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