Marie Curie was an excellent student in school.
She graduated from the prestigious Sorbonne University with degrees in both mathematics and physics.
Marie Curie and Pierre Curie developed the concept of radioactivity and found two new elements together.
Universities in Poland did not accept female students.
Schools and universities in Poland did not hire female teachers/professors.
The Nobel Prize committee didn’t consider female candidates and only awarded the prize to Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel originally.