marie curie rejected by university, won two nobel prizes
their loss, two Nobel Prizes later she wasn't exactly losing sleep over the rejection letter
REJECTED BY UNIVERSITY BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." —Marie Curie FIRST WOMAN TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS AND FIRST PERSON TO WIN TWO NOBEL PRIZES IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY