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Marie Curie, winner of two Nobel Prizes in separate sciences, and who was the first female professor at the University of Paris.

A) and who was
B) was
C) she was
D) who was
E) and was

"winner of two Nobel Prizes in separate sciences" is an appositive phrase that tells us more about Marie Curie.
To make analysis easier, we can IGNORE appositive phrases, to get:

Marie Curie, winner of two Nobel Prizes in separate sciences, and who was the first female professor at the University of Paris.
At this point, we can see that the "AND" makes no sense.
"SHE" and "WHO" are unnecessary as well.
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