<Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Laureate </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> Rationale </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Curie , Marie Skłodowska Marie Skłodowska Curie ( shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel ) </Td> <Td> Poland and France </Td> <Td> Physics </Td> <Td> `` in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Suttner , Bertha von Bertha von Suttner </Td> <Td> Austria -- Hungary </Td> <Td> Peace </Td> <Td> Honorary President of Permanent International Peace Bureau , Bern , Switzerland ; Author of Lay Down Your Arms . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1909 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lagerlof , Selma Selma Lagerlöf </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` in appreciation of the lofty idealism , vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1911 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Curie , Marie Skłodowska Marie Skłodowska Curie </Td> <Td> Poland and France </Td> <Td> Chemistry </Td> <Td> `` for her discovery of radium and polonium '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1926 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Deledda , Grazia Grazia Deledda </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` 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 '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1928 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Undset , Sigrid Sigrid Undset </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1931 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Addams , Jane Jane Addams ( shared with Nicholas Murray Butler ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Peace </Td> <Td> Sociologist ; International President , Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1935 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joliot - Curie , Irene Irène Joliot - Curie ( shared with Frédéric Joliot - Curie ) </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Chemistry </Td> <Td> `` for their synthesis of new radioactive elements '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Buck , Pearl S. Pearl S. Buck </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1945 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mistral , Gabriela Gabriela Mistral </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` 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 '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Balch , Emily Greene Emily Greene Balch ( shared with John Raleigh Mott ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Peace </Td> <Td> Formerly Professor of History and Sociology ; Honorary International President , Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cori , Gerty Theresa Gerty Theresa Cori ( shared with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Bernardo Houssay ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Physiology or Medicine </Td> <Td> `` for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Goeppert - Mayer , Maria Maria Goeppert - Mayer ( shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Physics </Td> <Td> `` for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hodgkin , Dorothy Crowfoot Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Chemistry </Td> <Td> `` for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sachs , Nelly Nelly Sachs ( shared with Samuel Agnon ) </Td> <Td> Sweden and Germany </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing , which interprets Israel 's destiny with touching strength '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Williams , Betty Betty Williams </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Peace </Td> <Td> Founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement ( later renamed Community of Peace People ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maguire , Mairead Mairead Maguire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sussman Yalow , Rosalyn Rosalyn Sussman Yalow ( shared with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Physiology or Medicine </Td> <Td> `` for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones '' </Td>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Laureate </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> Rationale </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Curie , Marie Skłodowska Marie Skłodowska Curie ( shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel ) </Td> <Td> Poland and France </Td> <Td> Physics </Td> <Td> `` in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1905 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Suttner , Bertha von Bertha von Suttner </Td> <Td> Austria -- Hungary </Td> <Td> Peace </Td> <Td> Honorary President of Permanent International Peace Bureau , Bern , Switzerland ; Author of Lay Down Your Arms . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1909 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lagerlof , Selma Selma Lagerlöf </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` in appreciation of the lofty idealism , vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1911 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Curie , Marie Skłodowska Marie Skłodowska Curie </Td> <Td> Poland and France </Td> <Td> Chemistry </Td> <Td> `` for her discovery of radium and polonium '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1926 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Deledda , Grazia Grazia Deledda </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` 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 '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1928 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Undset , Sigrid Sigrid Undset </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1931 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Addams , Jane Jane Addams ( shared with Nicholas Murray Butler ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Peace </Td> <Td> Sociologist ; International President , Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1935 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joliot - Curie , Irene Irène Joliot - Curie ( shared with Frédéric Joliot - Curie ) </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Chemistry </Td> <Td> `` for their synthesis of new radioactive elements '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Buck , Pearl S. Pearl S. Buck </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1945 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mistral , Gabriela Gabriela Mistral </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` 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 '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Balch , Emily Greene Emily Greene Balch ( shared with John Raleigh Mott ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Peace </Td> <Td> Formerly Professor of History and Sociology ; Honorary International President , Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cori , Gerty Theresa Gerty Theresa Cori ( shared with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Bernardo Houssay ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Physiology or Medicine </Td> <Td> `` for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Goeppert - Mayer , Maria Maria Goeppert - Mayer ( shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Physics </Td> <Td> `` for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hodgkin , Dorothy Crowfoot Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Chemistry </Td> <Td> `` for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sachs , Nelly Nelly Sachs ( shared with Samuel Agnon ) </Td> <Td> Sweden and Germany </Td> <Td> Literature </Td> <Td> `` for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing , which interprets Israel 's destiny with touching strength '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Williams , Betty Betty Williams </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> Peace </Td> <Td> Founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement ( later renamed Community of Peace People ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maguire , Mairead Mairead Maguire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sussman Yalow , Rosalyn Rosalyn Sussman Yalow ( shared with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally ) </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Physiology or Medicine </Td> <Td> `` for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones '' </Td>
who was the first woman awarded the nobel peace prize
who was the first woman awarded the nobel peace prize
Bertha von Suttner
Bertha von Suttner