My Characteristics

Here are five characteristics about me that range from when I was a little girl to now, a full adult.

People consider me to be very bright. I was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only woman to win two! Another reason people think of me as very bright is because I discovered radium and polonium.

Generous is another word that people use to describe me. After I discovered radium, with the help of my husband, I could have charged people large amounts of money for its use, but I didn't. I am just that kind of person, generous.

Another characteristic that describes me is hard-working. I think this is a very important trait for me because I studied almost all night when I was in college. I also spent my whole life studying radium. Luckily, the work paid off and I received many different awards later in my life.

Helpful would be one of those other words that people know me as being. During the war, my daughter and I taught people how to take X-rays. Once a lot of people were taught this, soldiers got medical help much faster. Another way I was helpful was when I taught kids about science and the things that I discovered at the Radium and Science Institute after Pierre died. That was very helpful to not only the school, but to the kids. One last thing that makes me a helpful person is that I donated money to Nobel funds.

The last and final word that is a characteristic that represents me according to my peers, is courageous. This is because I stayed extremely strong when I was sick, and also when I stood up to the people in France that thought I was having an affair with a man, which was false!!

Those are just some characteristics for me and the reasons why.