今月の ノーベル賞月報 (March 2014) All These Amazing Nobel Women. Get to Know A Few of Them!

Monthly MARCH 2014

Marie Curie Marie Curie 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics Through her outstanding scientific contributions and her unpretentious manner, Marie Curie became one of her time's most admired personalities. Her discoveries in the field of radioactivity were the beginning of a better understanding of the structure of the atom. She is the first Nobel Prize awarded woman and the only one to have received it in Physics as well as Chemistry. Watch a glimpse of Marie Curie

Ada Yonath 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry She was a poor but tremendously curious girl. Her father died when she was 11, and she had to start working to support the family. But she completed a proper education and eventually became a successful crystallographer. Ada Yonath was the first Israeli woman to get a Nobel Prize and the first woman to get a Chemistry Prize in 45 years. Watch her story Ada Yonath

Barbara McClintock Barbara McClintock 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine In the 1920s, a woman's career was a successful marriage, but Barbara McClintock was determined to go to college. She did so, and after that her career in science began. In the 1950s she discovered transposable genes in corn. Her work was well-known, but little understood. Not until 1983 was she awarded the Nobel Prize, the only woman so far to have been awarded an unshared Medicine Prize. Watch her Nobel Lecture

Nadine Gordimer 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature Born white in South Africa, Nadine Gordimer has always dealt with moral and racial issues. She joined ANC when it was still illegal, and under the apartheid regime, some of her works were banned. She has always had the courage to write as if censorship did not exist. Nadine Gordimer on her childhood Nadine Gordimer

Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi 1991 Nobel Peace Prize She was under house arrest for almost 15 years for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma. In 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but wasn't allowed to collect it until 2012. Aung San Suu Kyi on the Nobel Prize

Elinor Ostrom 2009 Prize in Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom is the first and only woman awarded a Prize in Economic Sciences. She challenged the conventional wisdom by demonstrating how local property can be successfully managed by local commons without any regulation by central authorities or privatization. Read more about her life Elinor Ostrom

Monthly Quiz A Woman's Field? 44 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize so far. Which Nobel Prize field has the highest number of awarded women? Make a guess and click to submit your answer. Physiology or Medicine Literature Peace

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