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Women Winners of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences

Only 25 women have received a Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry, medicine, or economics since the award's inception in 1901, with one woman--Marie Curie--winning both a Nobel Prize in Physics and a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Women Early-Career Scientists Significantly Less Likely To Get Grants Than Male Peers

While women in senior-ranking professorships have achieved gender parity in their share of research grants in the life science fields, there is a significant gender disparity in grant funding awarded to female junior-level scholars.»  Link to the original article