Nobel Women
- POSTED ON: 22 Dec, 2017
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The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895. However, the prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901.
Did you know that since the first Nobel Prizes in 1901, there have only been 49 women to have been awarded the prize? Take a look at the questions below to find out more about some of these women.