In October, many Nobel Prizes were given out for chemistry, physics, medicine and other subjects to a total of 12 people. However, this time there were many more women being given prizes than before. 😊
A total of 51 women were given Nobel Prizes between 1901 to 2018, with Marie Curie winning two prizes in physics and chemistry. Only one woman named Elinor Ostrom in 2009 has achieved the economics Nobel Prize. So far, women have claimed only 12 noble prizes in peace, literature, and medicine.
A Canadian university professor (Donna Strickland) had become on October 2nd, the first woman in 55 years to get a Noble Prize in physics. Arthur Ashkin, Gerad Mourou, and Donna Strickland created a short and intense laser pulse that has ever been created which makes it easier to look at small particles and do eye surgeries. She is also the third woman to get a physics Nobel Prize. In addition, a woman named Frances H Arnold won a chemistry Nobel Prize. She is part of a small group made out of 5 women who have gotten chemistry Nobel Prizes (below is an image on when these 5 women got their prizes). Marie Curie in 1911 was the first woman to get a chemistry Nobel Prize for her discovery of radium and polonium.
This is VERY important since only in 1920 were women allowed to vote, and now they are getting what they deserve for their contributions to the world. This shows that a woman, like me, can be acknowledged for accomplishments like a man with no discrimination against gender. In future years, the number of women getting Nobel Prizes will hopefully increase. I find this amazing since I am also a woman and hope to in the future to be able to get a Nobel Prize for a discovery that may help people in need. Everyone plays an essential role in today's society and I advise for a push for a society that helps and supports everyone.
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This is a picture of the people who in 2018 got a chemistry Nobel Prize.
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Links that I got the pictures and info from:
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/10/03/women-win-nobel-prize-chemistry-physics-first-time-same-year/1516518002/
- https://www.compoundchem.com/2018/10/09/nobelprize-women/
-https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women-3/
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see that more women are getting these prizes. It goes to show how women are succeeding alongside men in such competitive, historically male-dominated fields of science such as chemistry and physics.
ReplyDeleteThis is great news!
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