List of female nominees for the Nobel Prize

Clockwise from top left: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Rosalind Franklin, Emmeline Pankhurst and Virginia Woolf were among the influential 20th-century women who largely contributed in their fields but were never considered for the Nobel Prizes.

The Nobel Prize (Swedish: Nobelpriset) is a set of five different prizes that, according to its benefactor Alfred Nobel, in his 1895 will, must be awarded "to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind". The five prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace.[1]

As of 2023, 65 Nobel Prizes and the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to 64 women[2] and since 1901, the year wherein the awarding of the prizes began, hundreds of women have already been nominated and shortlisted carefully in each field.[3][4]

The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel.[5][6] Curie is also the only woman to have won multiple Nobel Prizes; in 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Curie's daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, making the two the only mother-daughter pair to have won Nobel Prizes.[5] Of the currently revealed female nominees both in physics and chemistry, the notable scientists Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Astrid Cleve, Harriet Brooks, Alice Ball, Mileva Marić, Inge Lehmann, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Leona Woods and Helen Parsons were not included.

In 1912, Mary Edwards Walker became the first ever woman nominated for prize in physiology or medicine but her nomination was later declared invalid by the Nobel Committee because her nominator was not invited to nominate that year.[7] Hence, Cécile Vogt-Mugnier, nominated first in 1922, became the official first female nominee but never won despite numerous recommendations.[3] She was followed by Maud Slye who was nominated in the year 1923, but again never won. Only in 1947, that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was finally awarded to a woman, Gerty Cori, sharing with her husband Carl Ferdinand Cori.[8] Of the currently revealed female nominees, the physiologists Nettie Stevens, Frieda Robscheit-Robbins, Rosalind Franklin, Miriam Michael Stimson, Louise Pearce, Virginia Apgar, Hattie Alexander and Alice Catherine Evans were not included.

The most number of female nominees was in the field of literature. The first woman to be nominated was the German memoirist Malwida von Meysenbug for the year 1901.[3] She was nominated by the French historian Gabriel Monod but unfortunately did not win the prize.[9] Her nomination was followed by Émilie Lerou and Selma Lagerlöf for the year 1904. Lagerlöf would later on become the first woman to win the prize in the year 1909.[10] Of the 77 currently revealed female nominees for the literature category, the celebrated authors Kate Chopin, Delmira Agustini, Edith Nesbit, Alfonsina Storni, Marina Tsvetaeva, Virginia Woolf, Simone Weil, Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, Emma Orczy, Zora Neale Hurston, Edith Hamilton, Flannery O'Connor, Fannie Hurst, Clarice Lispector, Hannah Arendt and Agatha Christie were not included.[11][12][13]

The first women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize were Belva Ann Lockwood and Bertha von Suttner, who would eventually be awarded in 1905.[3] The latter was considered for authoring Lay Down Your Arms! and contributing to the creation of the Prize.[14] Of the 57 currently revealed female nominees, the famous Susan B. Anthony, Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Mary Harris Jones, Olive Schreiner, Aletta Jacobs, Emmeline Pankhurst, Ida B. Wells, Käthe Kollwitz, Muriel Lester, Katharine Drexel, Helene Schweitzer, Marie Stopes, Vera Brittain, Ava Helen Pauling, Golda Meir, Rachel Carson and Rosa Parks were not included.[15][16]

Physics

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Starting from 1902 to 1970, 11 women have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and three of the nominees were subsequently awarded.

Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1902
Marie Skłodowska Curie 7 November 1867
Warsaw, Congress of Poland, Russian Empire[a]
4 July 1934
Passy, Haute-Savoie, French Third Republic[b]
1902, 1903 Awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Henri Becquerel and husband Pierre Curie and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[17]
1935
Irène Joliot-Curie 12 September 1897
Paris, French Third Republic[b]
17 March 1956
Paris, French Fourth Republic[b]
1934, 1935 Awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Frédéric Joliot-Curie.[18]
1937
Lise Meitner 7 November 1878
Vienna, Austria-Hungary[c]
27 October 1968
Cambridge, United Kingdom
1937, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965 Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry too.[19]
1950
Marietta Blau 29 April 1894
Vienna, Austria-Hungary[c]
27 January 1970
Vienna, Austria
1950, 1956, 1957 Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry too.[20]
Hertha Wambacher[d] 9 March 1903
Vienna, Austria-Hungary[c]
25 March 1950
Vienna, Austria
1950 Nominated jointly with Marietta Blau the only time by Erwin Schrödinger.[21]
1955
Maria Goeppert-Mayer 28 June 1906
Katowice, Prussia, German Empire[a]
2 February 1972
San Diego, California, United States
1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 Awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with J. Hans D. Jensen.[22]
1956
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin 12 May 1910
Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt[e]
29 July 1994
Ilmington, England, United Kingdom
1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961 Awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[23]
1958
Chien-Shiung Wu 31 May 1912
Liuhe, Taicang, Republic of China (1912-1949)[f]
16 February 1997
New York City, New York, United States
1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965 [24]
1964
Margaret Peachey Burbidge 12 August 1919
Stockport, England, United Kingdom[g]
5 April 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
1964 Nominated jointly with William Alfred Fowler and Fred Hoyle the only time by Harold Urey.[25]
1970
Jocelyn Bell Burnell 15 July 1943
Lurgan, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1970[h] [26][i]
Janine Connes 19 May 1926
French Third Republic[b]
1970 Nominated jointly with Pierre Connes and Robert B. Leighton the only time by Rupert Wildt.[27]
1971–1972
should be revealed by Nobel Committee
Others[j]
2018
Donna Strickland 27 May 1959
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
2018 Awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gérard Mourou and Arthur Ashkin.
2020
Andrea Mia Ghez 16 June 1965
New York City, New York, United States
2020 Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics with Reinhard Genzel and Roger Penrose.
2023
Anne L'Huillier 16 August 1958
Paris, French Fourth Republic[b]
2023 Awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferenc Krausz and Pierre Agostini.

Chemistry

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Starting 1911 to 1970, 15 women have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and 3 of these nominees were subsequently awarded.

Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1911
Marie Skłodowska Curie 7 November 1867
Warsaw, Congress of Poland, Russian Empire[a]
4 July 1934
Passy, Haute-Savoie, French Third Republic[b]
1911 Awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.[17]
1924
Lise Meitner 7 November 1878
Vienna, Austria-Hungary[c]
27 October 1968
Cambridge, United Kingdom
1924, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948 Nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics too.[19]
1933
Ida Tacke Noddack 25 February 1896
Wesel, Prussia, German Empire[k]
24 September 1978
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany[k]
1933, 1935, 1937 Nominated jointly with Walter Noddack only.[28]
1935
Irène Joliot-Curie 12 September 1897
Paris, French Third Republic[b]
17 March 1956
Paris, French Fourth Republic[b]
1935 Awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Frédéric Joliot and nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics too.[18]
1939
Dorothy Maud Wrinch 12 September 1894
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
11 February 1976
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States
1939 [18]
1950
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin 12 May 1910
Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt[e]
29 July 1994
Ilmington, England, United Kingdom
1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics too.[23]
Thérèse Boyer Tréfouël 19 June 1892
Paris, French Third Republic[b]
9 November 1978
Paris, France
1950 Nominated the only time jointly with Jacques Tréfouël and Gladwyn Buttle.[29]
1952
Marguerite Perey 19 October 1909
Villemomble, Seine-Saint-Denis, French Third Republic[b]
13 May 1975
Louveciennes, Yvelines, France
1952, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966 [30]
1956
Joan Folkes 1927
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
? 1956 Nominated jointly with Ernest Gale the only time by John Howard Northrop.[31]
1957
Marietta Blau 29 April 1894
Vienna, Austria-Hungary[c]
27 January 1970
Vienna, Austria
1957 Nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics too.[20]
1958
Maria Goeppert-Mayer 28 June 1906
Katowice, Prussia, German Empire[a]
2 February 1972
San Diego, California, United States
1958 Awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics.[20]
1960
Martha Cowles Chase 30 November 1927
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States
8 August 2003
Lorain, Ohio, United States
1960 Nominated jointly with Alfred Hershey, Alfred Gierer, Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat and Gerhard Schramm the only time by John Howard Northrop.[32]
1963
Alberte Bucher-Pullman 26 August 1920
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, French Third Republic[b]
7 January 2011
Paris, France
1963, 1965 Nominated jointly with Bernard Pullman each time.[33]
1967
Mary Belle Allen 11, November 1922
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
1973
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
1967 Nominated jointly with Daniel I. Arnon and Frederick Whatley the only time by John Howard Northrop.[34]
1968
Erika Cremer 20 May 1900
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire[k]
21 September 1996
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
1968 Nominated the only time by Franz Patat.[35]
1971–1972
should be revealed by Nobel Committee
Others[j]
1995
Johanna Döbereiner 28 November 1924
Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia[l]
5 October 2000
Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1995, 1997 [36][37]
2009
Ada Yonath 22 June 1939
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine[m]
2009 Awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz.
2016
Svetlana Zaginaichenko 10 August 1957
Kyiv, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union[n]
23 November 2015
Dnipro, Ukraine
2016 [38]
2018
Frances Arnold 25 July 1956
Edgewood, Pennsylvania, United States
2018 Award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with George P. Smith and Gregory Winter.
2020
Emmanuelle Charpentier 11 December 1968
Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France
2020 Awarded jointly the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Jennifer Doudna 19 February 1964
Washington, D.C., United States
2020
2022
Carolyn Bertozzi 10 October 1966
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2022 Awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Morten Meldal and Karl Barry Sharpless.

Physiology or Medicine

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Starting from 1922 to 1953, 15 women have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine wherein one was declared invalid, one was purportedly recommended and one was subsequently awarded.

Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1912
Mary Edwards Walker[o] 26 November 1832
Oswego, New York, United States
21 February 1919
Oswego, New York, United States
1912[p] Nominated the only time by A. S. Helton.[7]
1922
Cécile Vogt-Mugnier[q] 27 March 1875
Annecy, Haute-Savoie, French Third Republic[b]
4 May 1962
Cambridge, United Kingdom
1922, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1950, 1951, 1953 Nominated jointly with Oskar Vogt each time.[39]
1923
Maud Caroline Slye[r] 8 February 1879
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
17 September 1954
Chicago, Illinois, United States
1923 Nominated the only time by Albert Soiland.[40]
1925
Gladys Rowena Henry Dick[s] 18 December 1881
Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States
21 August 1963
Palo Alto, California, United States
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1935 Nominated jointly with George Frederick Dick each time.[41]
1930
Alice Bernheim[t] 28 September 1878
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
14 July 1968
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
1930 Nominated the only time by William Cogswell Clarke.[42]
1939
May Tweedy Mellanby[u] 9 September 1882
London, United Kingdom[g]
5 March 1978
London, United Kingdom
1939 Nominated jointly with Edward Mellanby each time.[43]
Susan Gower Smith[v] 9 December 1897
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
3 October 1983
Durham, North Carolina, United States
1939 Nominated jointly with David Tillerson Smith and Julian Ruffin the only time by Osvaldo Polimanti.[44]
1940
Olive Watkins Smith[w] 29 April 1901
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1983
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
1940[x] Nominated jointly with George Van Siclen Smith the only time by Frank Arthur Pemberton.[45]
1941
Sona Valikhan [Vəlixan][y] 19 June 1883
Kharkiv, Russian Empire[n]
4 April 1982
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union[z]
1941[x] Nominated by the Azerbaijan Medical Institute.[aa]
1946
Gerty Theresa Radnitz-Cori[ab] 15 August 1896
Prague, Austria-Hungary[l]
25 October 1957
Glendale, Missouri, United States
1946, 1947 Awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Bernardo Houssay.[47]
Militsa Nikolaeva Lyubimova-Engelhardt[ac] 26 December 1898
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian Empire[ad]
22 December 1975
Moscow, Russia SFSR, Soviet Union[ad]
1946 Nominated jointly with Vladimir Engelgardt the only time by Leon Orbeli.[48]
1947
Helen Brooke Taussig[ae] 24 May 1898
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
20 May 1986
Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 [49]
1951
Miriam Friedman Menkin[af] 8 August 1901
Riga, Russian Empire[ag]
8 June 1992
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1951 Nominated jointly with John Rock and Roger Alfred Auguste Vendrely the only time by Bożydar Szabuniewicz.[50]
Madge Thurlow Macklin[ah] 6 February 1893
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
4 March 1962
Columbus, Ohio, United States
1951 Nominated the only time by Charles Clifford Macklin.[51]
1952
Elizabeth Bugie Gregory[ai] 5 October 1920
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
10 April 2001
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
1952 Nominated jointly with Selman Waksman and Albert Schatz the only time by Jevrem Nedelkovitch.[52]
1954–1972
should be revealed by Nobel Committee
Others[j]
1977
Rosalyn Yalow 19 July 1921
New York City, New York, United States
30 May 2011
The Bronx, New York, United States
1977 Award the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andrew V. Schally and Roger Guillemin.
1979
Johanna Budwig 30 September 1908
Essen, Prussia, German Empire[k]
19 May 2003
Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1979 [53][54]
1983
Barbara McClintock 16 June 1902
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2 September 1992
Huntington, New York, United States
1983 Awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
1986
Rita Levi-Montalcini 22 April 1909
Turin, Kingdom of Italy[aj]
30 December 2012
Rome, Italy
1986 Awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Stanley Cohen.
1988
Gertrude Belle Elion 23 January 1918
New York City, New York, United States
21 February 1999
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
1988 Awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with James W. Black and George H. Hitchings.
1995
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard 20 October 1942
Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Nazi Germany[k]
1995 Awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward B. Lewis and Eric F. Wieschaus.
1997
Lida Holmes Mattman 31 July 1912
Denver, Colorado, United States
6 August 2008
Essexville, Michigan, United States
1997 [55]
2004
Linda Buck 29 January 1947
Seattle, Washington, United States
2004 Awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Richard Axel.
2008
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi 30 July 1947
Paris, French Fourth Republic[b]
2008 Awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Luc Montagnier and Harald zur Hausen.
2009
Elizabeth Blackburn 26 November 1948
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
2009 Awarded jointly the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jack W. Szostak.
Carolyn Greider 15 April 1961
San Diego, California, United States
2009
2014
May-Britt Moser 4 January 1963
Fosnavåg, Norway
2014 Awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edvard I. Moser and John O'Keefe.
2015
Tú Yōuyōu 30 December 1930
Ningbo, Zhejiang, Republic of China[f]
2015 Awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura.
2020
Huda Zoghbi 20 June 1954
Beirut, Lebanon
2020 [56]
2021
Özlem Türeci Şahin 6 March 1967
Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany[k]
2021 [57]
2023
Katalin Karikó 17 January 1955 Szolnok, Hungarian People's Republic[ak] 2023 Awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Drew Weissman.

Literature

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From 1901 to 1972, 77 women have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and 8 of these nominees were subsequently awarded.

Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1901
Malwida von Meysenbug 28 October 1816
Kassel, Prussia, German Empire[k]
23 April 1903
Rome, Kingdom of Italy[aj]
1901 Nominated the only time by Gabriel Monod.[58]
1904
Selma Lagerlöf 20 November 1858
Värmland, Sweden-Norway[al]
16 March 1940
Värmland, Sweden
1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 Awarded the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature.[59]
Émilie Lerou 18 May 1855
Rouen, Second French Empire[b]
11 June 1935
Paris, French Fourth Republic[b]
1904 Nominated the only time by Jules Claretie.[60]
1905
Eliza Orzeszkowa 6 June 1841
Mil'kovshchina, Russian Empire[am]
18 May 1910
Grodno, Russian Empire[am]
1905 [61]
1908
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche 10 July 1846
Lützen, Prussia, German Confederation[k]
8 November 1935
Weimar, Nazi Germany[k]
1908, 1916, 1917, 1923 [62]
1910
Molly Elliot Seawell 23 October 1860
Gloucester, United States
15 November 1916
Washington, D.C., United States
1910, 1911 Nominated by Charles W. Kent each time.[63]
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 13 September 1830
Troubky-Zdislavice, Austrian Empire[l]
12 March 1916
Vienna, Austria-Hungary[c]
1910, 1911 Nominated by Emil Reich each time.[64]
1913
Grazia Deledda Madesani 28 September 1871
Nuoro, Italy
15 August 1936
Rome, Italy
1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927 Awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927.[65]
1914
Dora Melegari 27 June 1849
Lausanne, Switzerland
31 July 1924
Rome, Italy
1914, 1923 [66]
1922
Sigrid Undset Svarstad 20 May 1882
Kalundborg, Denmark
10 June 1949
Lillehammer, Norway
1922, 1925, 1926, 1928 Awarded the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature.[67]
Matilde Serao Scarfoglio 7 March 1856
Patras, Greece
25 July 1927
Naples, Italy
1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 [68]
1926
Sofía Casanova Lutosławski 30 September 1861
A Coruña, Spain
16 January 1958
Poznań, Poland
1926 [69]
Ada Negri Garlanda 3 February 1870
Lodi, Italy
11 January 1945
Milan, Italy
1926, 1927 [70]
Concha Espina de la Serna 15 April 1869
Santander, Spain
19 May 1955
Madrid, Spain
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1952, 1954 [71]
1927
Edith Jones Wharton 24 January 1862
New York City, New York, United States
August 11, 1937
Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, Val-d'Oise, France
1927, 1928, 1930 [72]
1928
Anna Elisabeth de Noailles 15 November 1876
Paris, France
30 April 1933
Paris, France
1928 Nominated the only time by Tor Hedberg.[73]
Edith Annie Howes 29 August 1872
London, England
14 June 1954
Dunedin, New Zealand
1928 Nominated the only time by Francis Prendeville Wilson.[74]
Blanca de los Ríos de Lampérez 15 August 1956
Seville, Spain
13 April 1956
Madrid, Spain
1928 [75]
Ricarda Huch 18 July 1864
Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
17 November 1947
Kronberg, Hesse, Germany
1928, 1935, 1937, 1946 [76]
1930
Clotilde Crespo de Arvelo 19 September 1887
Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela
(?) 1959
Caracas, Venezuela
1930 Nominated the only time by Manuel María Villalobos.[77]
1931
Laura Mestre Hevia 6 April 1867
Havana, Cuba
11 January 1944
Havana, Cuba
1931 Nominated the only time by Juan Miguel Dihigo Mestre.[78]
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić 18 April 1874
Ogulin, Croatia
21 September 1928
Zagreb, Croatia
1931, 1935, 1937, 1938 [79]
1934
Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício 19 April 1884
Lisbon, Portugal
3 November 1947
Lisbon, Portugal
1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 [80]
1935
Violet Beauclerk Clifton 2 November 1883
Rome, Italy
20 November 1961
Lytham St Annes, England, United Kingdom
1935[x] Nominated the only time by Nevill Coghill.[81]
Elise Richter 2 March 1865
Vienna, Austria
23 June 1943
Theresienstadt Ghetto, Terezín, Czechia
1935[x] [82]
1936
Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti 20 January 1871
Vienna, Austria
8 April 1955
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
1936 [83]
Cécile Tormay 8 October 1875
Budapest, Hungary
2 April 1937
Gyöngyös, Hungary
1936, 1937 [84]
1937
Maria Jotuni Tarkiainen 9 April 1880
Kuopio, Finland
30 September 1943
Helsinki, Finland
1937 Nominated the only time by Viljo Tarkiainen.[85]
Sally Salminen Dürhkop 25 April 1906
Vårdö, Åland, Finland
18 July 1976
Copenhagen, Denmark
1937, 1938, 1939 [86]
Maila Talvio Mikkola 17 October 1871
Hartola, Finland
6 January 1951
Helsinki, Finland
1937, 1939, 1947 [87]
1938
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck 26 June 1892
Hillsboro, West Virginia, United States
6 March 1973
Danby, Vermont, United States
1938 Awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[88]
Margaret Mitchell 8 November 1900
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
16 August 1949
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
1938 Nominated the only time by Sven Hedin.[89]
Henriette Charasson 13 February 1884
Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
29 May 1972
Toulouse, France
1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1957 [90]
1939
Ethel Florence Richardson 3 January 1870
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
20 March 1946
Hastings, England, United Kingdom
1939 Nominated the only time by Sten Bodvar Liljegren.[91]
Henriette Roland Holst-van der Schalk 24 December 1869
Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
21 November 1952
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1939, 1950, 1952 [92]
Maria Szumka Dąbrowska 6 October 1889
Russów, Kalisz, Poland
19 May 1965
Warsaw, Poland
1939, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1965 [93]
1940
Gabriela Mistral 7 April 1889
Vicuña, Chile
10 January 1957
Hempstead, New York, United States
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 Awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature.[94]
1941
Ruth Comfort Mitchell Young 21 July 1882
San Francisco, California, United States
18 February 1954
Los Gatos, California, United States
1941[x] [95]
1943
Elisaveta Bagryana 16 April 1893
Sofia, Bulgaria
23 March 1991
Sofia, Bulgaria
1943, 1944, 1945, 1969 [96]
1945
Marie Under Adson 27 March 1883
Tallinn, Estonia
25 September 1980
Stockholm, Sweden
1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 [97]
1948
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 28 January 1873
Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, France
3 August 1954
Paris, France
1948 Nominated the only time by Claude Farrère.[98]
Dorothy Canfield Fisher 17 February 1879
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
9 November 1958
Arlington, Vermont, United States
1948, 1949 Nominated by David Baumgardt each time.[99]
1950
Karen von Blixen-Finecke 17 April 1885
Rungsted, Denmark
7 September 1962
Rungsted, Denmark
1950, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 [100]
Gertrud von Le Fort 11 October 1876
Minden, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany
1 November 1971
Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany
1950, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 [101]
1951
María Enriqueta Camarillo de Monter 19 February 1872
Coatepec, Mexico
13 February 1968
Mexico City, Mexico
1951 Nominated the only time by Leavitt Olds Wright.[102]
Katharine Susannah Prichard Throssell 4 December 1883
Levuka, Fiji
2 October 1969
Greenmount, Western Australia, Australia
1951 [103]
1955
Edith Louisa Sitwell 7 September 1887
Scarborough, England, United Kingdom
9 December 1964
London, United Kingdom
1955, 1958, 1959 [104]
1956
Melpo Axioti 15 July 1905
Athens, Greece
22 May 1973
Athens, Greece
1956 Nominated the only time by André Bonnard.[105]
Marthe Lahovary Bibesco 28 January 1886
Bucharest, Romania
28 November 1973
Paris, France
1956 [106]
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge 24 April 1900
Wells, England, United Kingdom
1 April 1984
Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1956, 1959 Nominated by Edmond Privat each time.[107]
1958
Elizabeth Bowen Cameron 7 June 1899
Dublin, Ireland
22 February 1973
London, England, United Kingdom
1958 Nominated the only time by Roman Jakobson.[108]
1959
Juana Fernández Morales de Ibarbourou 8 March 1892
Melo, Uruguay
15 July 1979
Montevideo, Uruguay
1959, 1960, 1963 [109]
María Raquel Adler ca. 1900
Argentine Sea
28 July 1974
Bernal, Argentina
1959, 1965 [110]
Anna Seghers 19 November 1900
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1 June 1983
East Berlin, Germany
1959, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972 [111]
1960
Marie Noël 16 February 1883
Auxerre, Yonne, France
23 December 1967
Auxerre, Yonne, France
1960 Nominated the only time by Maurice Bemol.[112]
1961
Cora Sandel 20 December 1880
Oslo, Norway
3 April 1974
Uppsala, Sweden
1961 Nominated the only time by Harald Ofstad.[113]
Giulia Scappino Murena 1902
Ferrara, Italy
1982
Bologna, Italy
1961, 1962 Nominated by Alfredo Galletti each time and for the Nobel Peace Prize too.[114]
Simone Lucie de Beauvoir 9 January 1908
Paris, France
14 April 1986
Paris, France
1961, 1969, 1973 [115]
1963
Nelly Sachs 10 December 1891
Berlin, Germany
12 May 1970
Stockholm, Sweden
1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 Awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature with Shmuel Yosef Agnon.[116]
Ingeborg Bachmann 25 June 1926
Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
17 October 1973
Rome, Italy
1963 Nominated the only time by Harald Patzer.[117]
Kate Roberts-Williams 13 February 1891
Rhosgadfan, Wales, United Kingdom
4 April 1985
Denbigh, Wales, United Kingdom
1963 Nominated the only time by Idris Foster.[118]
1964
Ina Seidel 15 September 1885
Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
2 October 1974
Schäftlarn, Bavaria, Germany
1964 Nominated the only time by Günther Jachmann.[119]
Judith Wright McKinney 31 May 1915
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
25 June 2000
Canberra, Australia
1964, 1965, 1967 [120]
Katherine Anne Porter 15 May 1890
Indian Creek, Texas, United States
18 September 1980
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 [121]
1965
Marguerite Yourcenar 8 June 1903
Brussels, Belgium
17 December 1987
Northeast Harbor, Maine, United States
1965 Nominated the only time by Ida-Marie Frandon.[122]
Anna Akhmatova 28 June 1889
Odesa, Ukraine
5 March 1966
Moscow, Russia
1965, 1966 [123]
Marie Luise Kaschnitz 31 January 1901
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
10 October 1974
Rome, Italy
1965, 1967 Nominated by the Hermann Tiemann each time.[124]
1967
Lina Kostenko 19 March 1930
Rzhyshchiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
1967 Nominated jointly with Pavlo Tychyna and Ivan Drach the only time by Omeljan Pritsak.[125]
1968
Marianne Moore 15 November 1887
Kirkwood, Missouri, United States
5 February 1972
New York City, New York, United States
1968 Nominated the only time by Erik Lindegren.[126]
Mildred Matthews Breedlove 27 May 1904
Coal Hill, Arkansas, United States
14 August 1994
Ferron, Utah, United States
1968 Nominated the only time by United Poets Laureate International.[127]
1969
Nathalie Sarraute 18 July 1900
Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Russia
19 October 1999
Paris, France
1969 Nominated the only time by Lars Gyllensten.[128]
1970
Victoria Ocampo 7 April 1890
Buenos Aires, Argentina
27 January 1979
Béccar, Argentina
1970 Nominated the only time by Miguel Alfredo Olivera.[129]
1972
Nadine Gordimer 20 November 1923
Springs, Gauteng, South Africa
13 July 2014
Johannesburg, South Africa
1972, 1973 Awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature.[130]
Doris Lessing 22 October 1919
Kermanshah, Iran
17 November 2013
London, England, United Kingdom
1972, 1973 Awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.[131]
Astrid Lindgren 14 November 1907
Vimmerby, Kalmar, Sweden
28 January 2002
Stockholm, Sweden
1972 [132]
1973
Indira Devi Dhanrajgir 17 August 1930
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
1973 Nominated the only time by Krishna Srinivas.[133]
Zenta Mauriņa 15 December 1897
Lejasciems, Latvia
25 April 1978
Basel, Switzerland
1973 Nominated the only time by Mārtiņš Zīverts.[134]
1974
to be revealed in 2025
Argentina Díaz Lozano 5 December 1909
Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
13 August 1999
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1974
Anja Lundholm 28 April 1918
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
4 August 2007
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
1974 [135]
Others[j]
1976
Anaïs Nin 21 February 1903
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
14 January 1977
Los Angeles, California, United States
1976 [136]
1979
Joyce Carol Oates 16 June 1938
Lockport, New York, United States
1979, 1999 [137]
1981
Mary Kawena Pukui 20 April 1895
Kau, Hawaii, United States
21 May 1986
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
1981 [138]
1984
Kamala Surayya–Das 31 March 1934
Punnayurkulam, Kerala, India
31 May 2009
Pune, Maharashtra, India
1984 [139]
1988
Christa Wolf 18 March 1929
Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubusz, Poland
1 December 2011
Berlin, Germany
1988 [140]
1990
Maria Luisa Spaziani 7 December 1922
Turin, Italy
30 June 2014
Rome, Italy
1990, 1992, 1997
1991
Patricia Highsmith 19 January 1921
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
4 February 1995
Locarno, Switzerland
1991 [141]
1992
Matilde Alba Swann 24 February 1912
Berisso, Argentina
13 September 2000
La Plata, Argentina
1992 [142]
1993
Toni Morrison 18 February 1931
Lorain, Ohio, United States
5 August 2019
New York City, New York, United States
1993 Awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.
1996
Wisława Szymborska 2 July 1923
Kórnik, Poznań, Poland
1 February 2012
Kraków, Poland
1996 Awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Inger Christensen 16 January 1935
Vejle, Denmark
2 January 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark
1996 [143]
Alda Merini 21 March 1931
Milan, Italy
1 November 2009
Milan, Italy
1996, 2001 [144]
1997
Alicia Ghiragossian 13 July 1936
Córdoba, Argentina
22 May 2014
Los Angeles, California, United States
1997 [145]
1998
Janet Frame 28 August 1924
Dunedin, New Zealand
29 January 2004
Dunedin, New Zealand
1998, 2003 [146]
1999
Simin Behbahani 20 July 1927
Tehran, Iran
19 August 2014
Tehran, Iran
1999, 2002 [147]
2000
Vizma Belševica 30 May 1931
Riga, Latvia
6 August 2005
Riga, Latvia
2000 [148]
2002
Leyla Erbil 12 January 1931
Istanbul, Türkiye
19 July 2013
Istanbul, Türkiye
2002 [149]
2003
Klára Jarunková 28 April 1922
Šumiac, Brezno, Slovakia
11 July 2005
Bratislava, Slovakia
2003 [150]
Giovanna Mulas 6 May 1969
Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy
2003 [151]
2004
Elfriede Jelinek 20 October 1946
Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Austria
2004 Awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Friederike Mayröcker 20 December 1924
Vienna, Austria
4 June 2021
Vienna, Austria
2004 [152]
2007
Luz Pozo Garza 21 July 1922
Ribadeo, Lugo, Spain
20 April 2020
A Coruña, Spain
2007 [153]
2008
Marjorie Boulton 7 May 1924
Teddington, Greater London, United Kingdom
30 August 2017
London, United Kingdom
2008 [154][155]
2009
Herta Müller 17 August 1953
Nițchidorf, Romania
2009 Awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Dương Thu Hương 1947
Thái Bình, Vietnam
2009 [156]
2011
Nawal El Saadawi 22 October 1931
Kafr Tahla, Qalyubiyya, Egypt
21 March 2021
Cairo, Egypt
2011, 2012, 2021 [157][158]
2012
Mahasweta Devi 14 January 1926
Dhaka, Bangladesh
28 July 2016
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2012 [159]
Dacia Maraini 13 November 1936
Florence, Italy
2012 [160]
2013
Alice Munro 10 July 1931
Wingham, Ontario, Canada
13 May 2024
Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
2013 Awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.
2014
Svetlana Alexievich 31 May 1948
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
2014, 2015 Awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature.
2015
Anna Nerkagi 15 February 1951
Yamalo-Nenets, Russia
2015, 2018, 2020 [161][162]
2016
Lygia Fagundes Telles 19 April 1918
São Paulo, Brazil
3 April 2022
São Paulo, Brazil
2016 [163]
Tess Osonye Onwueme 8 September 1955
Ogwashi Ukwu, Delta, Nigeria
2016 [164]
2018
Olga Tokarczuk 29 January 1962
Sulechów, Zielona Góra, Poland
2018, 2019 Awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019.
Agustina Bessa-Luís 15 October 1922
Amarante, Portugal
3 June 2019
Porto, Portugal
2018 [165]
2020
Louise Glück 22 April 1943
New York City, New York, United States
13 October 2023
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
2020 Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Giovanna Giordano 12 November 1961
Milan, Italy
2020 [166][167]
Scholastique Mukasonga 20 December 1956
Gikongoro, Rwanda
2020, 2021, 2022 [168][169]
2022
Annie Ernaux 1 September 1940
Lillebonne, Seine-Maritime, France
2022 Awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Edwidge Danticat 19 January 1969
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2022 [170]
2023
Ida Vitale 2 November 1923
Montevideo, Uruguay
2023 [171]
2024
Han Kang 27 November 1970
Gwangju, South Korea
2024 Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
Maria Tedeschi 3 January 1972
Naples, Italy
2024 [172]

Peace

[edit]

From 1901 to 1973, 57 women have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and five of these nominees were subsequently awarded. Currently, the Nobel archives has revealed nominations from 1901 to 1973, the other enlisted women were verified nominations based on public and private news agencies.

Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1901
Bertha Sophie von Suttner[an] 9 June 1843
Prague, Czechia
21 June 1914
Vienna, Austria
1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 Awarded the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize.[173]
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood[ao] 24 October 1830
Royalton, New York, United States
19 May 1917
Washington, D.C., United States
1901, 1914 [174]
1903
Priscilla Hannah Peckover[ap] 27 October 1833
Wisbech, England, United Kingdom
8 September 1931
Wisbech, England, United Kingdom
1903, 1905, 1911, 1913 [175]
1905
Henriette Verdier Winteler de Weindeck[aq] 9 January 1832
London, United Kingdom
20 March 1910
London, United Kingdom
1905, 1907, 1910 [176]
1910
Ángela de Oliveira Cézar de Costa[ar] ca. 1860
Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina
25 June 1940
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1910, 1911 [177]
1913
Anna Bernhardine Eckstein 14 June 1868
Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
16 October 1947
Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
1913 Nominated the only time by Nils August Nilsson.[178]
Lucia True Ames Mead[as] 5 May 1856
Boscawen, New Hampshire, United States
1 November 1936
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1913 Nominated jointly with her husband Edwin Doak Mead the only time by Samuel Train Dutton.[179]
1916
Jane Addams[at] 6 September 1860
Cedarville, Illinois, United States
21 May 1935
Chicago, Illinois, United States
1916, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 Awarded the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.[180]
1917
Rosika Bédy-Schwimmer[au] 11 September 1877
Budapest, Hungary
3 August 1948
New York City, New York, United States
1917, 1948 [181]
1918
Mary Shapard[av] c. 1882
Mississippi, United States
c. 1950s
Texas, United States
1918 Nominated the only time by Morris Sheppard.[182][183]
1920
Caroline Rémy de Guebhard 27 April 1855
Paris, France
24 April 1929
Pierrefonds, Oise, France
1920, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1929 Nominated by Lucien Le Foyer each time.[184]
1922
Eglantyne Jebb 25 August 1876
Ellesmere, England, United Kingdom
17 December 1928
Geneva, Switzerland
1922 [185]
Elsa Brändström Ulich[aw] 26 March 1888
Saint Petersburg, Russia
4 March 1948
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1922, 1923, 1928, 1929 [186]
1931
Annie Wood Besant[ax] 1 October 1847
Clapham, England, United Kingdom
20 September 1933
Adyar, Chennai, India
1931 Nominated the only time by Peter Freeman.[187]
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair[ay] 15 March 1857
London, England, United Kingdom
18 April 1939
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 [188]
1933
Margit Antonia Bárczy[az] 29 November 1877
Budapest, Hungary
26 March 1934
Paris, France
1933 Nominated the only time by Charles Dupuis.[189]
1935
Janet Miller
(prob. Janet Morison Miller (1891–1946))
1935 [190]
Julie Bikle 8 January 1871
Lucerne, Switzerland
11 May 1962
Winterthur, Switzerland
1935, 1936, 1937 Nominated by Otto Pfister each time.[191]
1936
Moina Belle Michael[ba] 15 August 1869
Good Hope, Georgia, United States
10 May 1944
Athens, Georgia, United States
1936 [192]
Irma Schweitzer-Meyer[bb] 30 January 1882
Baden, Switzerland
4 July 1967
Zürich, Switzerland
1936, 1937 Nominated by Nils August Nilsson each time.[193]
1937
Henrietta Szold[bc] 21 December 1860
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
13 February 1945
Jerusalem, Israel
1937 Nominated the only time by Royal S. Copeland.[194]
1938
Princess Henriette of Belgium 30 November 1870
Brussels, Belgium
28 March 1948
Sierre, Switzerland
1938 [195]
1939
Carrie Chapman Catt[bd] 9 January 1859
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States
9 March 1947
New Rochelle, New York, United States
1939 [196]
1940
Helene Stöcker 13 November 1869
Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
24 February 1943
New York City, New York, United States
1940[x] Nominated with Théodore Ruyssen the only time by Ludwig Quidde.[197]
1946
Emily Greene Balch[be] 8 January 1867
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
9 January 1961
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
1946 Awarded the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize with John Mott.[198]
Alexandra Kollontai[bf] 31 March 1872
Saint Petersburg, Russia
9 March 1952
Moscow, Russia
1946, 1947 [199]
1947
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt[bg] 11 October 1884
New York City, New York, United States
7 November 1962
Manhattan, New York, United States
1947, 1949, 1955, 1959, 1962 [200]
1948
Katharine Bruce Glasier[bh] 25 September 1867
Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom
14 June 1950
Earby, England, United Kingdom
1948 Nominated the only time by Gilbert McAllister.[201]
1949
María Eva Duarte Perón[bi] 7 May 1919
Los Toldos, Argentina
26 July 1952
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1949 Nominated jointly with her husband Juan Perón the only time by Virgilio Filippo.[202]
Maria Tecla Montessori[bj] 31 August 1870
Chiaravalle, Ancona, Italy
6 May 1952
Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
1949, 1950, 1951 [203]
1951
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands[bk] 31 August 1880
Noordeinde Palace, South Holland, Netherlands
28 November 1962
Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
1951 [204]
1952
Ada Barbara Waylen[bl] 1906
Oxford, United Kingdom
1980
?
1952 Nominated the only time by Norman Bentwich.[205]
Elisabeth Friederike Rotten[bm] 15 February 1882
Berlin, Germany
2 May 1964
London, United Kingdom
1952, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961 [206]
1953
Margaret Higgins Sanger[bn] 14 September 1879
Corning, New York, United States
6 September 1966
Tucson, Arizona, United States
1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963 [207]
1954
Helen Adams Keller[bo] 27 June 1880
Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States
1 June 1968
Easton, Connecticut, United States
1954, 1958 [208]
1955
Gertrud Baer[bp] 25 November 1890
Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
15 December 1981
Geneva, Switzerland
1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 [209]
1959
Olave St. Clair Baden-Powell[bq] 22 February 1889
Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom
25 June 1977
Bramley, England, United Kingdom
1959 [210]
1961
Marie-Elisabeth Lüders[br] 25 June 1878
Berlin, Germany
23 March 1966
Berlin, Germany
1961 Nominated the only time by Erich Mende.[211]
Lotta Hitschmanova[bs] 28 November 1909
Prague, Czechia
1 August 1990
Ottawa, Canada
1961, 1962 Nominated by Arthur Ryan Smith each time.[212]
Gertrud Kurz-Hohl[bt] 15 March 1890
Lutzenberg, Switzerland
26 June 1972
Lutzenberg, Switzerland
1961, 1962 [213]
Giulia Scappino Murena[bu] 1902
Italy
1970s (or prob. 1967)
Riccione, Rimini, Italy
1961, 1962 Nominated by Udo Redano each time and for the Nobel Prize in Literature too.[114]
1962
Maude Miner Hadden[bv] 29 June 1880
Leyden, Massachusetts, United States
14 April 1967
Palm Beach, Florida, United States
1962 Nominated the only time by Åke Sandler.[214]
1963
Catherine Devilliers (LEBLANC, Marie - Catherine)[bw] 30 December 1923
Montpellier, Hérault, France
1963 [215]
Stella Monk[bx] 1963 Nominated the only time by Mohammed Sanusi Mustapha.[216]
1967
Margaret Susan Cheshire[by] 3 July 1924
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
2 November 2000
Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom
1967, 1968 [217]
1969
Kaoru Hatoyama[bz] 21 November 1888
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
15 August 1982
Tokyo, Japan
1969 [218]
1970
Alva Reimer-Myrdal[ca] 31 January 1902
Uppsala, Sweden
1 February 1986
Stockholm, Sweden
1970 Awarded the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize with Alfonso García Robles.[219]
Britta Holmström[cb] 8 April 1911
Jönköping, Sweden
4 October 1992
Lund, Sweden
1970 [220]
1971
Louise Weiss 25 January 1893
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
26 May 1983
Paris, France
1971 [221]
1972[222]
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, M.C. 26 August 1910
Skopje, North Macedonia
5 September 1997
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
1972 Awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.
Isabelle Grant 3 July 1896
Lossiemouth, Moray, United Kingdom
1 June 1977
London, United Kingdom
1972 Nominated the only time by Harold T. Johnson.[222]
Elise Ottesen-Jensen 2 January 1886
Høyland, Norway
4 September 1973
Stockholm, Sweden
1972 [222]
Annie Skau Berntsen 29 May 1911
Oslo, Norway
26 November 1992
Horten, Norway
1972 Nominated the only time by Henrik Bahr.[222]
Helen Suzman 7 November 1917
Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa
1 January 2009
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
1972 Nominated the only time by Richard Luyt.[222]
1973[222]
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck June 26, 1892
Hillsboro, West Virginia, United States
March 6, 1973
Danby, Vermont, United States
1973 Awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature.[88][222]
Indira Gandhi 19 November 1917
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
31 October 1984
New Delhi, India
1973 Nominated the only time by Buddha Priya Maurya.[222]
Jeannette Rankin[d] 11 June 1880
Missoula, Montana, United States
18 May 1973
Carmel, California, United States
1973 Nominated the only time by Mike Mansfield.[222]
1974
will be revealed in 2025
Others[j]
1976
Betty Williams 22 May 1943
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
17 March 2020
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1976, 1977 Awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize in 1977.[223]
Mairead Maguire 27 January 1944
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Hualing Nieh Engle 11 January 1925
Wuhan, Hubei, China
21 October 2024
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
1976 [224]
1978
Dorothy Day 8 November 1897
Brooklyn Heights, New York, United States
29 November 1980
Manhattan, New York, United States
1978, 1979 [225]
Imelda Romualdez-Marcos 2 July 1929 in San Miguel, Manila, Philippines 1978 [226][227]
1979
Doris Twitchell Allen 8 October 1901
Old Town, Maine, United States
7 March 2002
Sterling, Virginia, United States
1979 [228]
Hildegard Goss-Mayr 22 January 1930
Vienna, Austria
1979, 1987, 2005[cc] [229]
1981
Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb 5 March 1931
Norman, Oklahoma, United States
18 March 2019
Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States
1981 [230]
1984
Patricia Montandon 26 December 1928
Merkel, Texas, United States
1984, 1985, 1986 [231]
1987
Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino 25 January 1933 in Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines 1 August 2009 in Makati, Philippines 1987 [232][233]
1988
Emmanuelle Cinquin, N.D.S. 16 November 1908
Brussels, Belgium
20 October 2008
Callian, Var, France
1988 [234]
Inga Thorsson 3 July 1915 in Malmö, Sweden 15 January 1994 in Stockholm, Sweden 1988 [235]
Scilla Elworthy 3 June 1943
Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom
1988, 1989, 1991 [236]
Dulce de Souza Pontes, S.M.I.C. 26 May 1914
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
13 March 1992
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
1988, 1992 [237][238]
1989
Aung San Suu Kyi 19 June 1945
Yangon, Myanmar
1989, 1990, 1991 Awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.[239]
1990
Anne, Princess Royal 15 August 1950
London, United Kingdom
1990 [240]
Elise M. Boulding 6 July 1920 in Oslo, Norway 24 June 2010 in Needham, Massachusetts, United States 1990, 2005[cc] [235]
1992
Rigoberta Menchú 9 January 1959
Laj Chimel, Uspantán, El Quiché, Guatemala
1992 Awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize.[241][242]
Elisa Molina de Stahl 24 March 1918
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
3 November 1996
Guatemala City, Guatemala
1992 [241]
Shulamit Katznelson 17 August 1919
Geneva, Switzerland
6 August 1999
Netanya, Israel
1992, 1993 [243]
1997
Jody Williams 9 October 1950
Rutland, Vermont, United States
1997 Awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICPBL).
1999
Helen Prejean, C.S.J. 21 April 1939 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States 1999 [235][244]
Catherine Hamlin 24 January 1924
Sydney, Australia
18 March 2020
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1999, 2014 [245]
2000
Kathy Kelly 10 December 1972 in Chicago, Illinois, United States 2000 [235]
2002
Maria Pearson 12 July 1932
Springfield, South Dakota, United States
23 May 2003
Ames, Iowa, United States
2002 [246]
2003
Shirin Ebadi 21 June 1947
Hamadan, Iran
2003 Awarded the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.
Lois Gibbs 25 June 1951
Grand Island, New York, United States
2003 [247]
Irena Sendler 15 February 1910
Warsaw, Poland
12 May 2008
Warsaw, Poland
2003, 2007 [248]
2004
Wangarĩ Maathai 1 April 1940
Tetu, Nyeri, Kenya
25 September 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
2004 Awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.
Nelsa Curbelo 1 November 1941
Montevideo, Uruguay
2004, 2009 [249]
2005
1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe a collective nomination of 1000 women from over 150 different countries for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. 2005 [250]
Zilda Arns Neumann 25 August 1934
Forquilhinha, Santa Catarina, Brazil
12 January 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2005[cc], 2006 [238]
Meaza Ashenafi 25 July 1964
Asosa, Ethiopia
2005[cc], 2015 [251]
Medea Benjamin 10 September 1952
Freeport, New York, United States
2005[cc], 2017 [252]
2006
Rebiya Kadeer 15 November 1946
Altay City, Xinjiang, China
2006 [253]
2007
Sheila Watt-Cloutier 2 December 1953
Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
2007 [252][254]
Oprah Winfrey 29 January 1954
Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States
2007 [255]
2008
Íngrid Betancourt 25 December 1961
Bogotá, Colombia
2008 [256]
Inge Genefke 6 July 1938
Frederiksberg, Denmark
2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 [257][258]
2009
Piedad Córdoba 25 January 1955
Medellín, Colombia
20 January 2024
Medellín, Colombia
2009 [259][260][261]
Sima Samar 3 February 1957
Jaghori, Afghanistan
2009, 2010, 2011 [262][263]
Hawa Abdi 17 May 1947
Mogadishu, Somalia
5 August 2020
Mogadishu, Somalia
2009, 2012 [264][265]
2010
Svetlana Gannushkina 6 March 1942
Moscow, Russia
2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 [266][267]
2011
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 29 October 1938
Monrovia, Liberia
2011 Awarded jointly the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
Leymah Gbowee 1 February 1972
Monrovia, Liberia
2011
Tawakkol Karman 7 February 1979
Shara'b As Salam, Taiz, Yemen
2011
Yulia Tymoshenko 27 November 1960
Dnipro, Ukraine
2011 [268]
2012
Angie Zelter 5 June 1951
London, United Kingdom
2012 [269]
Maggie Gobran 1949
Cairo, Egypt
2012, 2020, 2023 [270][271][272][273]
2013
Malala Yousafzai 12 July 1997
Mingora, Swat, Pakistan
2013, 2014 Awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi.[274][275]
Lyudmila Alexeyeva 20 July 1927
Yevpatoria, Ukraine
8 December 2018
Moscow, Russia
2013 [275][276]
Claudia Paz y Paz 7 June 1966
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2013 [275]
Susana Trimarco 25 May 1954
San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
2013 [277]
2014
Agnes Mariam de la Croix, O.Carm 1952
Beirut, Lebanon
2014 [278]
Catherine Ashton 25 March 1956
Up Holland, West Lancashire, United Kingdom
2014 [279]
Anne Merriman 1935
Liverpool, United Kingdom
2014 [280]
2015
Kathryn Bolkovac c. 1960
Ohio, United States
2015 [281]
Evelin Lindner 13 May 1954
Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany
2015, 2016, 2017 [282]
Aminetou Mint El-Moctar 13 December 1956
Nouakchott, Mauritania
2015 [283]
Leyla Yunus 21 December 1955
Baku, Azerbaijan
2015 [284]
2016
Nadia Murad 10 March 1993
Kocho, Iraq
2016, 2017, 2018 Awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with Denis Mukwege.[285]
Luz Marina Bernal 1960
Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colomboa
2016 [286]
Emilia Kamvysi c. 1930
Lesbos, Greece
12 March 2023
Lesbos, Greece
2016 [287][288]
Angela Merkel 17 July 1954
Hamburg, Germany
2016 [289]
Susan Sarandon 4 October 1946
Jackson Heights, New York, United States
2016 [290]
2017
Maria da Penha 1 February 1945
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
2017 [238][291]
Marianne Stöger 24 April 1934
Matrei am Brenner, Tyrol, Austria
2017, 2020 [292][293]
Margaritha Pissarek 1935
Austria
2018
Anna Alboth 1984
Warsaw, Poland
2018 [294]
Lidija Doroņina-Lasmane 28 July 1925
Ulmale, Aizpute, Latvia
2018 [295]
Jaha Dukureh 1989
Gambia
2018 [296]
Agnes Chow Ting 3 December 1996
Hong Kong
2018, 2019 [297]
Nataša Kandić 16 December 1946
Belgrade, Serbia
2018, 2022 [298][299]
2019
Ilwad Elman 22 December 1989
Mogadishu, Somalia
2019 [300][301]
Amanda Nguyen 10 October 1991
Corona, California, United States
2019 [302]
Yvonne Ridley 23 April 1958
Stanley, Durham, United Kingdom
2019 [303]
Hajer Sharief 1994
Libya
2019 [301]
Sevgül Uludağ 15 October 1958
Nicosia, Cyprus
2019 [304]
Loujain al-Hathloul 31 July 1989
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2019, 2020 [305][306]
Jacinda Ardern 26 July 1980
Hamilton, New Zealand
2019, 2020 [307][308][309]
Greta Thunberg 3 January 2003
Stockholm, Sweden
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 [310][311][312][313]
2020
Leila de Lima 27 August 1959
Iriga, Camarines Sur, Philippines
2020 [314]
2021
Maria Ressa 2 October 1963
Manila, Philippines
2021 Awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize with Dmitry Muratov.[315][316]
Stacey Abrams 9 December 1973
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
2021 [317][318]
Zineb El Rhazoui 19 January 1982
Casablanca, Morocco
2021 [319]
Aminatou Haidar 24 July 1966
Akka, Morocco
2021 [320][321]
Jane Goodall 3 April 1934
Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
2021 [315][316]
Veronika Tsepkalo 7 September 1976
Mogilev, Belarus
2021 [315][316][322]
Maria Kalesnikava 24 April 1982
Minsk, Belarus
2021 [315][316][322]
Juliana Taimoorazy 23 April 1973
Tehran, Iran
2021 [323]
Marilyn Waring 7 October 1952
Ngaruawahia, New Zealand
2021 [315][316]
Alexandra Wong Fung-yiu 16 May 1956
Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
2021 [324][325]
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya 11 September 1982
Mikashevichy, Belarus
2021, 2022 [315][316][322][326]
2022
Maria Elena Bottazzi 1966
Genoa, Italy
2022 [327][328]
Dee Dawkins-Haigler 31 January 1970
Lithonia, Georgia, United States
2022 [329]
Opal Lee 7 October 1926
Marshall, Texas, United States
2022 [330]
Miriam Were 12 April 1940
Kakamega, Western Province, Kenya
2022 [331]
Masih Alinejad 11 September 1976
Qomi Kola, Iran
2022, 2023 [332][333]
Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam 24 August 1990
Hong Kong
2022, 2023 [334][335]
Chow Hang-tung 24 January 1985
Hong Kong
2022, 2023, 2024 [334][335][336]
2023
Narges Mohammadi 21 April 1972
Zanjan, Iran
2023 Awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.[337]
Vanessa Nakate 15 November 1996
Kampala, Uganda
2023 [313][338]
Mahbouba Seraj 1948
Kabul, Afghanistan
2023 [339]
Jani Silva c. 1968
Colombia
2023 [340][341]
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz 19 October 1952
Besao, Mt. Province, Philippines
2023 [342][343]
2024
Yasmina Cánovas El Vendrell, Spain 2024 [344][345]
Heidi Kühn 1958
United States
2024 [346]

Economic Sciences

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From 1969 to 1971, 3 women have been nominated for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences but none of them were subsequently awarded.

Picture Name Born Died Years Nominated Notes
1969
Anna Schwartz 11 November 1915
The Bronx, New York, United States
21 June 2012
Manhattan, New York, United States
1969, 1971 Nominated by Bertil Gotthard Ohlin each time.[347]
Joan Robinson 31 October 1903
Surrey, United Kingdom
5 August 1983
Cambridge, United Kingdom
1969, 1970, 1971 [347]
1971
Barbara Bergmann 20 July 1927
The Bronx, New York, United States
5 April 2015
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
1971 [347]
1972
should be revealed in 2023
1973
will be revealed in 2024
Others[j]
2009
Elinor Ostrom 7 August 1933
Los Angeles, California, United States
12 June 2012
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
2009 Awarded the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Oliver E. Williamson.
2019
Esther Duflo 25 October 1972
Paris, France
2019 Awarded the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer.
2023
Claudia Goldin 14 May 1946
New York City, New York, United States
2023 Awarded the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Motivations

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  1. ^ a b c d Presently the Republic of Poland.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Presently the Fifth French Republic.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Presently the Second Austrian Republic.
  4. ^ a b Died before the only chance to be rewarded.
  5. ^ a b Presently the Arab Republic of Egypt.
  6. ^ a b Presently the People's Republic of China.
  7. ^