Irène Joliot-Curie

(1897-1956)

French scientist

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Irène Joliot-Curie ( 12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French chemist, physicist, and a politician of partly Polish ancestry, the eldest daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Jointly with her husband, Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. This made the Curies the family with the most Nobel laureates to date. She was also one of the first three women to be a member of a French government, becoming undersecretary for Scientific Research under the Popular Front in 1936. Both children of the Joliot-Curies, Hélène and Pierre, are also prominent scientists.

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Born	12 September 1897 Paris, France
Died	17 March 1956 (aged 58) Paris, France
Zodiac	Virgo
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Frédéric Joliot-Curie 1900-1958 · French physicist · m. 1926 info edit

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Hélène info 1st child with Frédéric Joliot-Curie Female b. 19 Sep 1927 · Age: 97 · 1927- · Celebrity Baby

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Pierre Joliot info 2nd child with Frédéric Joliot-Curie Male b. 12 Mar 1932 · Age: 93 · 1932- · French biochemist

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