Marie curie worked as a governess and she was awarded noble prize for her discoveries.
Explanation:
When Marie curie worked as a governess for three years her employer allowed her to teach reading to the children of peasant workers at his beet sugar factory. This was banned under Russian rule. During that time she studied chemistry lessons from her father by mail.
Marie curie was awarded the Noble prize in chemistry for her discoveries and studies of elements radium and polonium. She is the only women who is awarded the Noble prize twice.
She made her first research into the treatment of tumors with radiation and founded a Curie institutes, that are important medical research centers.
The answer is elements gain electrons. Oxidation reduction is elements lose electrons. And oxygen is added/lost can be a type of oxidation/reduction reaction.
