{"id":813517,"date":"2024-03-06T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T04:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/discover\/?p=813517"},"modified":"2024-03-06T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T04:45:03","slug":"first-woman-to-win-nobel-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/discover\/trending-events\/first-woman-to-win-nobel-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was the First Woman to Win the Nobel Prize?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Marie Curie, a Polish-French physicist, and chemist, became the 1st woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1903. While conducting research and experimenting with uranium rays, she, along with her husband, discovered two new elements which were later known as polonium and radium. Additionally, Curie also coined the famous term \u201cradio-active\u201d and made revolutionary advancements in radioactivity. Moving on, she was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for the discovery of radium and polonium. During the escalation of <strong>World War I<\/strong>, Marie Curie came up with mobile radiology units that helped doctors treat thousands of patients. In this way, she has become the first lady to win two Nobel Prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background has-background\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><strong>Famous Women Scientists Who Changed the World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy birthday to Marie Sk\u0142odowska Curie, who was born on this day in 1867!<br><br>Marie Curie was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice, and is still the only individual to receive the prize in two different science categories.<br><br>Find out more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C00oKYwxxL\">https:\/\/t.co\/C00oKYwxxL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AVFOM9ZgRe\">pic.twitter.com\/AVFOM9ZgRe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NobelPrize\/status\/1589523804484681728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faqs\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1709700030454\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\"><strong>Who was the first female winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Baroness Bertha von Suttner was the first woman who receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905. She is a renowned Austrian novelist who is accredited with writing the nineteenth century&#8217;s most popular books such as the anti-war novel Lay Down Your Arms (1889).<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1709700041518\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\"><strong>Who was the first woman to get two Nobel prizes?<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Marie Curie is the only woman who has been awarded the Nobel Prize. She received her first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 followed by the second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1709700051191\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\"><strong>Who is the youngest woman Nobel Prize?<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Malala Yousafzai is the youngest woman to become a Nobel laureate. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the young age of 17 for her pioneer role in fighting against the ordeals of children and young people.\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you know the answer to who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. 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