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Maria Skłodowska-Curie's WWI Contributions as Ambulance Driver
During World War I, Maria Skłodowska-Curie left her laboratory to contribute to the war effort. She became the first woman in Europe to obtain a truck driver's license and established a fleet of ambulances, famously known as "Petites Curie."
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