WOMEN IN SCIENCE

 

The first woman to win the Nobel Prize

Marie Curie

Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911, making her the first woman to ever win the prize and the first person to win it twice. In 2020, “women in science” was searched at an all-time high around the world as women scientists dominated in fields that had historically excluded them.

As of 2020, just 23 of the 622 Nobel Prizes awarded in the sciences have gone to women.

 

Despite the obstacles women pursuing careers in STEM still face, their contributions to progress in these fields is undeniable. In 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in developing a genetic engineering technique known as CRISPR. Notably, this was the first time the prize was shared by two women and no men.

 

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