Factoid

First 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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Female Non-Fiction Authors Paid Less, Told Leave Important Subjects To Male Authors

The founders of a new writing prize say it was created to help address gender inequities in the non-fiction genre, while encouraging more men to read books by women.»  Link to the original article