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How many women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Physics, or Physiology or Medicine?

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


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