First Women Nobel Laureates
Key Takeaway
The below table provides the list ofFirst Women Nobel Laureatesin their irrespective fields.
First Women Nobel Laureates
The below table provides the list ofFirst Women Nobel Laureatesin their irrespective fields.
First Women Nobel Laureates
Field | Winner | Year ---------------------------------------- Field: Peace Winner: Bertha von Suttner (Austria-Hungary) Year: 1905 --- Field: Literature Winner: Selma Lagerlöf (Sweden) Year: 1909 --- Field: Chemistry Winner: Marie Curie (France) Year: 1911 --- Field: Physics Winner: Marie Curie Year: 1909 --- Field: Physiology / Medicine Winner: Gerty Cori (USA) Year: 1947 --- Field: Economics Winner: Elinor Ostrom (USA) Year: 2009 ---
- Total no. of Women Nobel Laureates –58(as of 2020).*(12)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Most no. of Nobel Prize was awarded to women in the year | 2009(5) |
| First Woman to win the Nobel Prize | Marie Curie(1909) |
| First Woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize | Marie Curie(1911) |
| Only person ever to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences | Marie Curie |
| First Asian Woman to win a Nobel Prize | Mother Theresa(India, 1979) |
| First African Woman to win the Nobel Prize | Wangari Maathai(Kenya, 2004) |
| First Black Woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature | Toni Morrison(Beloved, USA, 1993) |
| First Muslim Woman to receive Nobel Prize | Shirin Ebadi(Peace, 2003) |
| First indigenous person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize | Rigoberta Menchú(Guatemala, 1992) |
| First American Woman to win a Nobel Prize in Medicine | Gerty |
| First (& Only) Woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology / Medicine | Barbara McClintock(1988) |
| Only mother-daughter pair to have won Nobel Prizes | Marie Curie & Irène Joliot-Curie(Chemistry, 1935) |
📝SideNotes
*Actual no. of female Nobel laureates is 57, listed as 58 because Marie Curie won it 2 times.Youngest Woman to win Nobel Prize –Malala Yousafzai(Peace, 2014).