Watch history come to life as storyteller Lynn Rymarz shares the story of Marie Curie. Follow her life’s journey from her childhood in Poland where she showed an early curiosity in science, to her years as a determined student studying in Paris. It leads to her Paris laboratory where she tried and failed at countless experiments before making her scientific breakthrough. She earned the honor of becoming the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Hear how she made a trip to America to visit the President at the White House. Madame Curie’s story inspires others to follow their dreams and to never give up. Lynn will also share the story of Margaret “Peg” Looney, from Ottawa, Illinois, who worked as a Radium dial painter. Learn how she became known as a “Radium Girl.
Lynn Rymarz has been performing historical portrayals of women since 2005. As a children’s author and storyteller, she enjoys sharing little-known stories of women. Wearing vintage clothing, Lynn has portrayed such characters as Martha Washington, Mary Lincoln, Nellie Bly, Julia Child, Zelda Fitzgerald, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Mitchell, Eliza Hamilton, Dolley Madison, Mary Cassatt, the Unsinkable Molly Brown, and Rosie the Riveter.