Léonie Jeanne Razet née Pétri, generally known as Léonie Razet, (18 October 1884— 27 May 1950) was the secretary of Marie Curie at the Radium Institute in Paris. She was married to Jean-Pierre Razet who collaborated with the Curies until his death in 1916.
Life Born in the 5th arrondissement of Paris on 18 October 1884, Léonie Jeanne Pétri was the daughter of Eustache Pétri and his wife Henriette Marie née Humbert. On 2 October 1907, she married the engineer Jean-Pierre Razet. She joined the Curies in 1922 and worked as Marie Curie's secretary until her death in 1934. She remained at the institute until 1947.
Thanks to her keen interest interest in science, she was recruited by Marie Curie on the grounds of her secondary school bacalaureat. She was the Radium Institute's permanent secretary until 1947, where she also served under Curie's daughter Irène Joliot-Curie. She assisted Marie Curie with her heavy administrative workload and also coordinated visitors' appointments.
Léonie Razet died on 27 May 1950 in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, aged 65.
See also List of women associated with Marie Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie
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