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7As she grew up, she faced many challenges because parents generally didn%u2019t allow their girls to study in those days. But Marie was determined. She worked hard and went to study in Paris at the Sorbonne University.In Paris, she met a kind and smart man named Pierre Curie. He was a scientist too and loved to explore the mysteries of the world. They became great friends and soon fell in love. They got married and worked together in a small laboratory.%u201cMarie, look at these strange elements we are studying. They give off a special kind of energy,%u201d Pierre said one day.Marie was curious and excited. %u201cI think we%u2019ve found something very important, Pierre. Let%u2019s study it more!%u201dThey discovered new elements like radium and polonium. They found that these elements had something amazing inside them %u2013 a kind of powerful energy they called %u201cradioactivity.%u201dTheir hard work and discoveries were so important that they won the Nobel Prize. Marie was the first woman to ever win this prize! She was very happy because she knew their discoveries could help many people.