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Marie Curie

Born in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years. Marie moved to Paris and read Physics at the Sorbonne, where she received a scholarhip which allowed her to move back to Poland to take a second degree in Mathematics. She married Pierre Curie in 1895 and their research into radioactivity resulted in a joint Nobel prize. (1903) Maire succeeded Pierre in the position of Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne after his death, and through her research she isolated pure radium. In 1911 she became the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize on two occasions

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Stone therapy

MODEL RELEASED. Stone therapy. Woman lying on her front with stones placed along her spine. The stones are heated to warm the muscles of the back. Hand-held hot stones and oil are also used to give a massage. Cold stones may be used to treat inflammation and painful joints

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Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Duchess of Marlborough

Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the duke in 1895 after being coerced into the marriage by her mother. After her divorce in 1920, she devoted much of her time to social welfare and was married again, to Colonel Jacques Balsan. Pictured here wearing a spectacular Cartier necklace fashioned like a bow

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