Marie Curie
Marie Curie
1903 Nobel Prize in Physics
Through
her outstanding scientific contributions and her unpretentious manner,
Marie Curie became one of her time's most admired personalities. Her
discoveries in the field of radioactivity were the beginning of a better
understanding of the structure of the atom. She is the first Nobel
Prize awarded woman and the only one to have received it in Physics as
well as Chemistry.
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Ada Yonath
2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
She
was a poor but tremendously curious girl. Her father died when she was
11, and she had to start working to support the family. But she
completed a proper education and eventually became a successful
crystallographer. Ada Yonath was the first Israeli woman to get a Nobel
Prize and the first woman to get a Chemistry Prize in 45 years.
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Ada Yonath
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Barbara McClintock
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Barbara McClintock
1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
In
the 1920s, a woman's career was a successful marriage, but Barbara
McClintock was determined to go to college. She did so, and after that
her career in science began. In the 1950s she discovered transposable
genes in corn. Her work was well-known, but little understood. Not until
1983 was she awarded the Nobel Prize, the only woman so far to have
been awarded an unshared Medicine Prize.
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Nadine Gordimer
1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
Born
white in South Africa, Nadine Gordimer has always dealt with moral and
racial issues. She joined ANC when it was still illegal, and under the
apartheid regime, some of her works were banned. She has always had the
courage to write as if censorship did not exist.
Nadine Gordimer on her childhood
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Nadine Gordimer
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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Aung San Suu Kyi
1991 Nobel Peace Prize
She
was under house arrest for almost 15 years for her non-violent struggle
for democracy and human rights in Burma. In 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but wasn't allowed to collect it until
2012.
Aung San Suu Kyi on the Nobel Prize
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Elinor Ostrom
2009 Prize in Economic Sciences
Elinor
Ostrom is the first and only woman awarded a Prize in Economic
Sciences. She challenged the conventional wisdom by demonstrating how
local property can be successfully managed by local commons without any
regulation by central authorities or privatization.
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Elinor Ostrom
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A Woman's Field?
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women have been awarded the Nobel Prize so far. Which Nobel Prize field
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