# Talk:Marie Curie

Change the name form Marie Curie to Maria Skłodowskiej-Curie, as this is the name she went by and was very adamant about keeping her Polish heritage. Maria even refused to marry Pierre in the beginning because she didn't want to be known as a French scientist. Even though her name is mostly known as Marie Curie outside of Poland, it is not accurate and goes against her wishes. 185.72.184.117 (talk) 18:53, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.  veko. (user | talk | contribs) 19:03, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
Well why simply dont use her full legal name? Why official information cant be a source? 92.67.155.251 (talk) 15:34, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
See WP:COMMONNAME, discussed above. Errantios (talk) 12:10, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

In a recent edit, @UPC2020 changed the caption of the infobox image along the lines of many recent claims that Skłodowska should be used.  The image file was identified as Marie Curie so I reverted the change. However I don't think we even need the caption for the photo to include the name in this case because the infobox is labeled and her birth name appears below.
Since this article has a long history and good-article standing, advocates for changing any aspect need to come prepared with reliable sources for significant changes. Johnjbarton (talk) 02:48, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Quite a waste of time. Based on the talk page history, nearly every discussion on this page since November 2024 has been about her name. No other aspect of the article seems to be getting much attention. Dimadick (talk) 07:11, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

The date of birth is wrong for P.Currie, in the summary it states 1895, while the correct is 1859. ~2025-33297-93 (talk) 19:11, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

It is date of marriage, not birth. StephenMacky1 (talk) 19:28, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

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Change Introduction Paragraph for Marie Curie to:
Marie Curie was an iconic figure of the 19th and 20th centuries. Born in Warsaw, Poland, she was the youngest child of her mother, Bronisława Skłodowska, and father, Władysław Skłodowski. Both her parents were teachers, and she was taught physics and mathematics from a young age, subjects her father taught and made sure were incorporated into her education. Since she was born in Poland under Russian rule, there were many restrictions across the country. After Russian authorities eliminated laboratories and their instruction from Polish schools, her father brought much of the equipment home and taught his children how to use it. This blossomed Marie's curiosity and interest in science.
As she grew older, she attended boarding school at just 10 years old, then a secondary school for girls, from which she graduated with a gold medal. For college, since she could not enroll in higher education because of her gender, she and her sister were involved with the Flying University. This Polish institution admitted young women students. She continued studying and tutoring at the Flying University until the beginning of her scientific training in a chemistry laboratory at the Museum of Industry and Agriculture from 1890 to 1891. Coincidentally, the laboratory was run by her cousin Józef Boguski.
In late 1891, she left Poland for Paris, where she joined her eldest sister and her husband. France is where her life changed. She continued her studies in physics, chemistry, and mathematics at the University of Paris, where she enrolled in late 1891 and was awarded a degree in physics in 1893; of course, she continued her work in a laboratory. In addition to her professional work in the lab, she continued her graduate studies at the University of Paris and earned her second degree in 1894.
Her life went on as any other woman's; she met her spouse through a mutual friend and physicist, and they were immediately drawn to each other by their shared interest in the natural sciences. His name was Pierre Curie, and he was a noble instructor at the ESPCI Paris. In 1895, X-rays were discovered. Marie was intrigued and decided to look into new elements and uranium rays to research for a thesis. Fifteen years before meeting, her husband, along with his brother, had designed a model of an electrometer, a device for measuring electric charge. She used her husband's electrometer and noticed that the uranium rays caused the air around a sample to conduct electricity.
In July of 1898, Curie and her husband published a paper announcing the existence of an element they named 'polonium', in honor of Poland. In December of 1898, they announced the existence of a second element, which they named 'radium'. In the course of their research, they also coined the word 'radioactivity'. Marie Curie went on to be the first woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, the first person to win it twice, and historically the only person to win it in two scientific fields. Her husband was the co-winner of her first Nobel Prize, making them the first married couple to win the prize. She also became the first woman professor at the University of Paris in 1906. Sof1agonzalezalejandra (talk) 16:14, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

 Not done.  This is a major rewrite of the lead, which would generally need consensus first, which is unlikely here due to the poor writing, and not adhering to MOS:LEAD. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 18:15, 18 November 2025 (UTC)