Nobel Prize awarded women 1901-2019

Swipe left and right to see more photos 1 (of 53) Chemistry Laureate Frances Arnold in the laboratory Photo kindly provided by Caltech Swipe left and right to see more photos 2 (of 53) Tu Youyou, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2015, on stage with her family after the Nobel Prize award ceremony on 10 December 2015. Copyright Â© Nobel Media 2015 Photo: Alexander Mahmoud Swipe left and right to see more photos 3 (of 53) Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2015, presenting her gift to the Nobel Museum's collection: one of her five tape recorders, on 6 December 2015. Copyright Â© Nobel Media 2015 Photo: Alexander Mahmoud Swipe left and right to see more photos 4 (of 53) Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2009, in her lab at the University of California, San Francisco. Copyright Â© University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Elisabeth Fall/fallfoto.com Swipe left and right to see more photos 5 (of 53) Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2013. Photo: Jenny Munro Copyright Â© The Nobel Foundation Swipe left and right to see more photos 6 (of 53) Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2011, is embraced by guests at a party at her family home in Monrovia, Liberia, to celebrate her Nobel Peace Prize. Copyright Â© Nobel Media AB 2011 Photo: Glenna Gordon Swipe left and right to see more photos 7 (of 53) Jane Addams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1931, at her desk, 30 October 1912. Source: Library of Congress, USA Photographer unknown. No known copyright restrictions. Swipe left and right to see more photos 8 (of 53) Donna Strickland in the laboratory. Swipe left and right to see more photos 9 (of 53) Emily Greene Balch, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1946. Source: Library of Congress, USA Photographer unknown. No known copyright restrictions. Swipe left and right to see more photos 10 (of 53) Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2008. Copyright © Institut Pasteur 2008 Swipe left and right to see more photos 11 (of 53) Linda Buck, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2004. Copyright Â© Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 2011Photo: Roland Morgan Swipe left and right to see more photos 12 (of 53) Pearl Buck, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1938. Photo taken ca 1932. Source: Library of Congress, USA Photographer unknown. No known copyright restrictions. Swipe left and right to see more photos 13 (of 53) Gerty Cori, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1947, and her husband Carl in their laboratory at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, 1947. Source: U.S National Library of Medicine, Images from the History of Medicine Collection. Photographer unknown. Swipe left and right to see more photos 14 (of 53) Esther Duflo, Laureate in Economic Sciences, handed over schoolbooks to the Nobel Prize Museum. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud Swipe left and right to see more photos 15 (of 53) Mairead Corrigan, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1976. Copyright Â© The Nobel Foundation Swipe left and right to see more photos 16 (of 53) Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Copyright Â© Nobel Media AB 2011 Photo: Donnelly Marks Swipe left and right to see more photos 17 (of 53) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1964. Copyright Â© The Nobel Foundation Swipe left and right to see more photos 18 (of 53) Gertrude B. Elion, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1988, in the laboratory. Source: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images. Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK Swipe left and right to see more photos 19 (of 53) Marie Curie, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1903 and in Chemistry 1911, in her laboratory at the Radium Institute in Paris, France, 1921. Copyright Â© Association Curie Joliot-Curie Photographer unknown Swipe left and right to see more photos 20 (of 53) Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege signing the guestbook before the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, 10 December 2018. © Nobel Media. Photo: Ken Opprann Swipe left and right to see more photos 21 (of 53) Grazia Deledda, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1926. Source: Institute of Czech Literature Photographer unknown. Swipe left and right to see more photos 22 (of 53) Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2003, waves to some 4,000 flag-waving children greeting her outside Oslo City Hall, Norway, before the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony on 10 December 2003. Copyright Â© Pressens Bild AB 2003, SE-112 88 Stockholm, Sweden, tel. +46-8-738 38 00. Photo: Odd Andersen Swipe left and right to see more photos 23 (of 53) Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1991, at the Göteborg Book Fair in Gothenberg, Sweden, 2010. Photo: Lärarnas Nyheter, Flickr Swipe left and right to see more photos 24 (of 53) Carol W. Greider, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2009, in her laboratory. Copyright Â© JHU Gazette 2009 Photo: Will Kirk Swipe left and right to see more photos 25 (of 53) Elfriede Jelinek, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2004. Photographed in Munich, September 2001. Photo: G. Huengsberg Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike Swipe left and right to see more photos 26 (of 53) Irène Joliot-Curie, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1935, and her husband Frédéric Joliot at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in the Golden Hall of Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1935. Copyright © Association Curie Joliot-Curie Photographer unknown Swipe left and right to see more photos 27 (of 53) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in front of her old high school in Monrovia, Liberia. Copyright Â© Nobel Media AB 2011 Photo: Glenna Gordon Swipe left and right to see more photos 28 (of 53) Selma Lagerlöf, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1909, in her garden. Photo: Courtesy of Mårbackastiftelsen Photographer unknown Swipe left and right to see more photos 29 (of 53) Rita Levi-Montalcini, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1986, in her laboratory in the early 1960s. Copyright Â© Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine. Photographer unknown Swipe left and right to see more photos 30 (of 53) Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2004. Copyright © Scanpix Photo: Simon Maina Swipe left and right to see more photos 31 (of 53) Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1963, being escorted to the Nobel Banquet by King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, 10 December 1963. Source: Smithsonian Institution Archives Photographer unknown Swipe left and right to see more photos 32 (of 53) Doris Lessing, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2007, being interviewed at her home in London, 14 April 2008. Copyright Â© Nobel Media AB 2008 Swipe left and right to see more photos 33 (of 53) Barbara McClintock, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1983, in her lab at Cold Spring Harbor, April 1963. Source: National Institutes of Health. Courtesy: The Barbara McClintock Papers, American Philosophical Society Swipe left and right to see more photos 34 (of 53) Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 2014. To the far left: Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2014 Photo: Ken Opprann Swipe left and right to see more photos 35 (of 53) Gabriela Mistral, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1945. Source: National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress, USA. Photographer unknown. No known copyright restrictions. Swipe left and right to see more photos 36 (of 53) Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1993, speaking at "A Tribute to Chinua Achebe - 50 Years Anniversary of 'Things Fall Apart'", New York City, 26 February 2008. Photo: Angela Radulescu,Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike Swipe left and right to see more photos 37 (of 53) Herta MÃ¼ller, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2009, after delivering her Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2009. On her right is Professor Peter Englund, the Swedish Academy. Copyright Â© The Swedish Academy 2009 Photo: Helena Paulin-StrÃ¶mberg Swipe left and right to see more photos 38 (of 53) Alva Myrdal, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1982, with German President Gustav Heinemann in Frankfurt, 27 September 1970. Source: German Federal Archive Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike Swipe left and right to see more photos 39 (of 53) Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1995. Photo taken 20 June 2007. Photo: Rama. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike Swipe left and right to see more photos 40 (of 53) Elinor Ostrom (middle), Laureate in Economic Sciences 2009, analyses data at a workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, November 1977. Photo: Courtesy of Indiana University Swipe left and right to see more photos 41 (of 53) Nelly Sachs, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1966. Copyright Â© The Nobel Foundation Swipe left and right to see more photos 42 (of 53) Bertha von Suttner, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1905. Source: Library of Congress, USA. Photographer unknown.No known copyright restrictions. Swipe left and right to see more photos 43 (of 53) Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1991. Photo: Htoo Tay Zar, OpenMyanmar project Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Swipe left and right to see more photos 44 (of 53) Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1996. Copyright Â© The Nobel Foundation Swipe left and right to see more photos 45 (of 53) Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1979, during a visit to Bonn, Germany, in 1986. Photo: Wikimedia-Commons User TÃºrelio, Creative Commons Swipe left and right to see more photos 46 (of 53) Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1992, visiting the Nobel Peace Center, September 2006. Copyright © Nobel Peace Center 2006 Photo: Kirsti Svenning Swipe left and right to see more photos 47 (of 53) At the Nobel Prize Museum, Literature Laureate Olga Tokarczuk donated her personal diary from 2018. © Nobel Media. Photo: Clément Morin Swipe left and right to see more photos 48 (of 53) Sigrid Undset, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1928. Photo taken 27 March 1927. Source: Carl Van Vechten photograph collection, Library of Congress, USA. Photographer unknown. Swipe left and right to see more photos 49 (of 53) May-Britt Moser, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, after receiving the news about the Nobel Prize. Photo: Nancy Bazilchuk, NTNU Communication Div. Courtesy; NTNU Trondheim Swipe left and right to see more photos 50 (of 53) Betty Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1976. Copyright Â© The Nobel Foundation Swipe left and right to see more photos 51 (of 53) Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1997, on a tour around the Nobel Peace Center, June 2005. Copyright Â© Nobel Peace Center 2005 Photo: Erlend Aas Swipe left and right to see more photos 52 (of 53) Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1977. Copyright Â© The Nobel Foundation Swipe left and right to see more photos 53 (of 53) Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2009, in conversation with His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2009. Copyright Â© The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto See all photos