| Year |
Image |
Laureate |
Country |
Category |
Rationale |
| 1903 |
 |
Curie, Marie Marie Curie
(shared with Pierre Curie) |
France |
Physics |
"in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by
their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by
Professor Henri Becquerel" |
| 1905 |
 |
von Suttner, BerthaBertha von Suttner |
Austria–Hungary |
Peace |
Honorary President of Permanent International Peace Bureau, Berne, Switzerland; Author of Lay Down Your Arms. |
| 1909 |
 |
Lagerlöf, SelmaSelma Lagerlöf |
Sweden |
Literature |
"in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings" |
| 1911 |
|
Curie, MarieMarie Curie |
France |
Chemistry |
"for her discovery of radium and polonium" |
| 1926 |
 |
Deledda, GraziaGrazia Deledda |
Italy |
Literature |
"for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic
clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and
sympathy deal with human problems in general" |
| 1928 |
 |
Undset, SigridSigrid Undset |
Norway |
Literature |
"principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages" |
| 1931 |
 |
Addams, JaneJane Addams
(shared with Nicholas Murray Butler) |
United States |
Peace |
Sociologist; International President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. |
| 1935 |
|
Joliot-Curie, IrèneIrène Joliot-Curie
(shared with Frédéric Joliot-Curie) |
France |
Chemistry |
"for their synthesis of new radioactive elements". |
| 1938 |
 |
Buck, Pearl S.Pearl S. Buck |
United States |
Literature |
"for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces" |
| 1945 |
 |
Mistral, GabrielaGabriela Mistral |
Chile |
Literature |
"for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has
made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire
Latin American world" |
| 1946 |
|
Balch, Emily GreeneEmily Greene Balch
(shared with John Raleigh Mott) |
United States |
Peace |
Formerly Professor of History and Sociology; Honorary International
President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. |
| 1947 |
 |
Cori, Gerty TheresaGerty Theresa Cori
(shared with Carl Ferdinand Cori) |
United States |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen"] |
| 1963 |
|
Goeppert-Mayer, MariaMaria Goeppert-Mayer
(shared with J. Hans D. Jensen) |
United States |
Physics |
"for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure" |
| 1964 |
|
Hodgkin, Dorothy CrowfootDorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin |
United Kingdom |
Chemistry |
"for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances" |
| 1966 |
|
Sachs, NellyNelly Sachs |
Sweden |
Literature |
"for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength" |
| 1976 |
|
Williams, BettyBetty Williams |
United Kingdom |
Peace |
Founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement (later renamed Community of Peace People) |
| 1976 |
|
Corrigan, MaireadMairead Corrigan |
United Kingdom |
Peace |
Founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement (later renamed Community of Peace People) |
| 1977 |
|
Yalow, RosalynRosalyn Yalow |
United States |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones" |
| 1979 |
 |
Teresa, MotherMother Teresa |
India |
Peace |
Leader of Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta. |
| 1982 |
|
Myrdal, AlvaAlva Myrdal
(shared with Alfonso García Robles) |
Sweden |
Peace |
Former Cabinet Minister; Diplomat; Writer |
| 1983 |
|
McClintock, BarbaraBarbara McClintock |
United States |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for her discovery of mobile genetic elements" |
| 1986 |
 |
Levi-Montalcini, RitaRita Levi-Montalcini
(shared with Stanley Cohen) |
Italy,
United States |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries of growth factors" |
| 1988 |
|
Elion, Gertrude B.Gertrude B. Elion
(shared with James W. Black and George H. Hitchings) |
United States |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment" |
| 1991 |
|
Gordimer, NadineNadine Gordimer |
South Africa |
Literature |
"who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity" |
| 1991 |
 |
Suu Kyi, Aung SanAung San Suu Kyi |
Burma |
Peace |
"for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights" |
| 1992 |
 |
Menchú, RigobertaRigoberta Menchú |
Guatemala |
Peace |
"in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural
reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples" |
| 1993 |
|
Morrison, ToniToni Morrison |
United States |
Literature |
"who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality" |
| 1995 |
 |
Nüsslein-Volhard, ChristianeChristiane Nüsslein-Volhard
(shared with Edward B. Lewis and Eric F. Wieschaus) |
Germany |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development" |
| 1996 |
 |
Szymborska, WisławaWisława Szymborska |
Poland |
Literature |
"for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and
biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality" |
| 1997 |
 |
Williams, JodyJody Williams
(shared with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines) |
United States |
Peace |
"for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines" |
| 2003 |
 |
Ebadi, ShirinShirin Ebadi |
Iran |
Peace |
"for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused
especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children" |
| 2004 |
 |
Jelinek, ElfriedeElfriede Jelinek |
Austria |
Literature |
"for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and
plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of
society's clichés and their subjugating power" |
| 2004 |
|
Maathai, WangariWangari Maathai |
Kenya |
Peace |
"for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" |
| 2004 |
|
Buck, Linda B.Linda B. Buck
(shared with Richard Axel) |
United States |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system" |
| 2007 |
 |
Lessing, DorisDoris Lessing |
United Kingdom |
Literature |
"that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire
and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny" |
| 2008 |
|
Barré-Sinoussi, FrançoiseFrançoise Barré-Sinoussi
(shared with Harald zur Hausen and Luc Montagnier) |
France |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus" |
| 2009 |
 |
Blackburn, ElizabethElizabeth Blackburn
(shared with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak) |
Australia and United States |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase" |
| 2009 |
 |
Greider, Carol W.Carol W. Greider
(shared with Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak) |
United States |
Physiology or Medicine |
"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase" |
| 2009 |
 |
Yonath, Ada E.Ada E. Yonath
(shared with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz) |
Israel |
Chemistry |
"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome" |
| 2009 |
 |
Muller, HertaHerta Müller |
Germany and Romania |
Literature |
"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" |
| 2009 |
|
Elinor OstromElinor Ostrom
(shared with Oliver E. Williamson) |
United States |
Economics |
"for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons" |
