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Ève Denise Labouisse

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Profession
Journalist
Died
Dec 22, 2007
Zodiac
Sagittarius
Born in
ParisFrance
About
Writer, journalist, pianist, humanitarian known primarily for the posthumous biography she wrote in honor of her mother: famous scientist Marie Curie. After she matriculated from Collège Sévigné, she spent some years traveling as a concert pianist and taking care of her ailing mother before she passed away in 1934. The next few years she spent dedicated to composing her mother's biography, which was published internationally in 1937. Two years later, WWII began, and she would be forced to flee France after it surrendered in 1940. She was active in her campaign to fight against the Nazi occupation, even losing control of her real estate holdings within France due to the success of her retaliatory efforts. She traveled through the war reporting on the efforts in Africa, Asia, the Soviet Union, as well as on the continent. Her reportage was published as the collection Journey Among Warriors. Later in life, she would dedicate herself to humanitarian work alongside her husband. She continued working with UNICEF even after her husband passed away, eventually promoted to the position Officier de la Légion d'Honneur for all of France. 
Family
Her mother Marie Curie and father Pierre Curie were world-renown scientists that discovered the periodic elements uranium and polonium. She was the youngest of two daughters born to the couple. Ève would marry Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr., a politician and diplomat. They did not have children together, but Henry's daughter from a previous marriage considered her as a mother.

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