In 1900, Curie became the first woman faculty member at which school?

In 1900, Curie became the first woman faculty member at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles.

The school, located in Sèvres and often called the École normale supérieure de Sèvres, trained women teachers for secondary schools. Curie joined its faculty as a physics lecturer, teaching there from 1900 to 1906. The appointment reflected her growing scientific reputation after her investigations of uranium minerals, thorium, polonium, and radium.

This milestone is sometimes confused with Curie’s later appointment at the University of Paris. After Pierre Curie died in 1906, Marie took over his university teaching position and became the first woman professor at the University of Paris. The Sèvres appointment came earlier and concerned a different institution. The École normale supérieure de jeunes filles continued as a separate women’s institution until its 1985 merger with the École normale supérieure in Paris.