Maria Skłodowska-Curie was committed to her job. Did she have any children?
She didn't want to and thus didn't have children.
She was sterile as a result of the radiation.
Her daughter was awarded the Nobel Prize.
Her sole daughter died at the age of 2.
Her first daughter, Irene, decided to follow her mother's life path and received the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1935. Her second daughter, Eva, a writer and politician, was known as the "First Lady of UNICEF". She was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1944.