FactoidFirst Double Nobel Winner was a Woman
Four of the five people who have received a Nobel Prize twice are men. However, the first person to do it was a woman: Marie Curie, who won the physics prize in 1903 and the chemistry prize in 1911.
Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards
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How Margaret Rossiter Uncovered The Hidden Women Of Science
Meet Margaret Rossiter, who has spent most of her professional life--starting as a graduate student at Yale in 1969--bringing the scientific contributions of women to both the attention of the public and academia.» Link to the original article
