| Birth: | Dec. 6, 1904
Paris, France | | Death: | Oct. 22, 2007
Manhattan
New York County
New York, USA | 
Eve Curie Labouisse, a journalist and humanitarian best known for her biography of her mother, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, died Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 102. Published in 1937, "Madame Curie" chronicled the life of Marie Curie, who earned the Nobel Prize twice, first in physics in 1903 (the award was shared with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel) and again in chemistry in 1911. Labouisse's admiring portrait followed her mother (nee Marya Sklodowska) from her birth and girlhood in Poland through her education in France and her discovery, with her husband, of the radioactive elements radium and polonium. The book quickly became a best-seller and in 1943 was made into a Hollywood film, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. In the 70 years since its publication, "Madame Curie" has endured as a classic of scientific biography, devoured by generations of academically minded girls. In wide demand as a lecturer after "Madame Curie" was published, Labouisse was also known for her staunch public advocacy of the Free French cause after the Nazis occupied France in 1940. After the war, she was a publisher of the French newspaper Paris-Press and in the early 1950s was an aide to the secretary-general of NATO.
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Parents:
Pierre Curie (1859 - 1906)
Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)
Spouse:
Henry Richardson Labouisse (1904 - 1987)*
*Calculated relationship
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Falling Stars ★
Added: Apr. 19, 2013 |
From good Polish stock. Your mother taught you well, having lost your father in a tragic accident when you were so young. Rest in peace dear lady.
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Frank R. Adamski
Added: Dec. 3, 2012 |
I think it's great you wrote a book about you family and in your long life, you did so much for people!
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Bridget Hainline
Added: May. 19, 2012 |
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