Women Nobel Laureates

The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 41 times between 1901 and 2009. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This means that 40 women in total have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2009.

1963, The Nobel Prize in Physics
Maria Goeppert-Mayer

1903, The Nobel Prize in Physics
Marie Curie, née Sklodowska

2009, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Ada E. Yonath

1964, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

1935, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Irène Joliot-Curie

1911, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Marie Curie, née Sklodowska

2009, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Elizabeth H. Blackburn

2009, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Carol W. Greider

2008, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

2004, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Linda B. Buck

1995, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

1988, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Gertrude B. Elion

1986, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Rita Levi-Montalcini

1983, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Barbara McClintock

1977, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Rosalyn Yalow

1947, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz

2009, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Herta Müller

2007, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Doris Lessing

2004, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Elfriede Jelinek

1996, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Wislawa Szymborska

1993, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Toni Morrison

1991, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Nadine Gordimer

1966, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Nelly Sachs

1945, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Gabriela Mistral

1938, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Pearl Buck

1928, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Sigrid Undset

1926, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Grazia Deledda

1909, The Nobel Prize in Literature
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf

2004, The Nobel Peace Prize
Wangari Muta Maathai

2003, The Nobel Peace Prize
Shirin Ebadi

1997, The Nobel Peace Prize
Jody Williams

1992, The Nobel Peace Prize
Rigoberta Menchú Tum

1991, The Nobel Peace Prize
Aung San Suu Kyi

1982, The Nobel Peace Prize
Alva Myrdal

1979, The Nobel Peace Prize
Mother Teresa

1976, The Nobel Peace Prize
Betty Williams

1976, The Nobel Peace Prize
Mairead Corrigan

1946, The Nobel Peace Prize
Emily Greene Balch

1931, The Nobel Peace Prize
Jane Addams

1905, The Nobel Peace Prize
Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau

2009, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Elinor Ostrom

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