Only 60 of the more than 900 people who have won the Nobel Prize have been women. Stacker has curated a gallery of every one.
- Year: 1903
Referred to as the “generalissimo of the peace movement,” this Austrian woman penned an anti-war novel called “Lay Down Your Arms” that won her the Nobel Peace Prize. It was one of the most influential books during the century with a strong anti-militaristic message.Born in Sweden, Selma Lagerlöf won the Nobel Prize in Literature. She’s often credited for having a vivid imagination, and she has used stories from her hometown in Värmland County as inspiration.
Born in Paris, this French scientist was the daughter of Nobel winners Pierre and Marie Curie. Jointly with her husband, Irène was awarded the Nobel for discovering artificial radioactivity. Her research was an important step in the discovery of uranium fission.Pearl Buck, who was born in West Virginia, began writing in the ’20s. She was the daughter of missionaries and spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, China.
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