Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Physics, or Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to women 16 times to 15 different women. Marie Curie (1867–1934) was the only woman and one of the few individuals to receive the Nobel Prize twice.
| Year of Award |
Nobel Laureate |
Category |
| 1903 |
Marie Curie (1867–1934) |
Physics |
| 1911 |
Marie Curie (1867–1934) |
Chemistry |
| 1935 |
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956) |
Chemistry |
| 1947 |
Gerty Theresa Cori (1896–1957) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 1963 |
Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906–1972) |
Physics |
| 1964 |
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910–1994) |
Chemistry |
| 1977 |
Rosalyn Yarrow (1921–) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 1983 |
Barbara McClintock (1902–1992) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 1986 |
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 1988 |
Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 1995 |
Christianne Nüsslein-Volhard (1942–) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 2004 |
Linda B. Buck (1947–) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 2008 |
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947–) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 2009 |
Ada E. Yonath (1939–) |
Chemistry |
| 2009 |
Carol W. Greider (1961–) |
Physiology or Medicine |
| 2009 |
Elizabeth H. Blackburn (1948–) |
Physiology or Medicine |
