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HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 4 Lesson 2  Marie Curie "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something above and this thing must be attained.” -Marie Curie  Do you know who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize? Or the first person in history to achieve the remarkable feat of winning two Nobel Prizes? Do you know who is the only woman to receive two Nobel Prizes, and in two different scientific fields? The answer to all of these questions points to one extraordinary individual: Marta Salomea Sklodowska-Curie, more famously known as Marie Curie. Early life  Marie Curie née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867, the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. From childhood she was remarkable for her prodigious memory, and at the age of 16 she won a gold medal on completion of her secondary education at the Russian lycé...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 4 Lesson 2 Contribution of a great woman to our environment “We have a special responsibility to the ecosystem of this planet. ln making sure that other species survive we will be ensuring the survival of our own.”  The first African woman and first environmentalist awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) received that honour in 2004 as the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya, a nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.  Maathai introduced the idea of planting trees with the people and developed it into a broad-based, grassroots organization designed to conserve the environment and improve women’s quality of life. In 1986 the Green Belt Movement established a Pan African Green Belt Network and has introduced over 40 individuals from other African countries to its approach.  The Movement set both short and long-term objectives. The overall a...