Marie Curie Alicia Rica and Théo Puche 7th November 1867 I am Bronisława Boguska, I live in Warsaw. Today I have had a daughter, Maria Salomea Sklodowska. She's an angel, direct descendant of God. This diary is the first gift Maria has received. 1878 Dear diary, my name is Maria. This is the first time I write in my diary because my mother forced me to write on it. Today I am very sad. My granny died a few days ago. She was the best person in the world! I am going to miss her a lot. 1880 This morning my mother took me to the supermarket, but the whole city is occupied by Russian troops, so we had to go to a local market nearby because last week, one of the Russian soldiers kicked one of our neighbours, Janina. She was very scared and had serious injuries. So mum didn’t want me to see things like that. 1882 Yesterday I went to the University of Warsaw, to see if they had accepted me for studying in it. They rejected me! MISERABLE! Just because I am a woman, I don’t understand it. It isn’t fair, I have better marks than almost every boy my age! Later that same year:
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