Marie Curie: First Woman Nobel Prize Winner

• Marie Curie is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

• She received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 along with Pierre Curie.

• She won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.

• She is also the first and only woman to win a Nobel Prize twice.

• She discovered two elements, Polonium and Radium.

• The element with atomic number 96 was named curium in honour of Marie Curie.