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Marie Sklodowska Arrives in Paris, 1891
Maria Sklodowski 1891

Maria Sklodowski 1891

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At 24 years old, Maria Sklodowska -- later Marie Curie -- arrived in Paris, where she became a student at the Sorbonne.

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