<P> As of 2017 , Nobel Prizes have been awarded to 844 men , 48 women ( Marie Curie won it twice ) , and 27 organizations . Sixteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize , fourteen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature , twelve have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , four have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry , two have won the Nobel Prize in Physics and one , Elinor Ostrom , has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences . 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 . 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 . The most Nobel Prizes awarded to women in a single year was in 2009 , when five women became laureates . The most recent women to be awarded a Nobel Prize were Tu Youyou and Svetlana Alexievich ( 2015 ) . </P>
<P> As of 2017 , Nobel Prizes have been awarded to 844 men , 48 women ( Marie Curie won it twice ) , and 27 organizations . Sixteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize , fourteen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature , twelve have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , four have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry , two have won the Nobel Prize in Physics and one , Elinor Ostrom , has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences . 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 . 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 . The most Nobel Prizes awarded to women in a single year was in 2009 , when five women became laureates . The most recent women to be awarded a Nobel Prize were Tu Youyou and Svetlana Alexievich ( 2015 ) . </P>
first mother and daughter to win nobel prize
first mother and daughter to win nobel prize
Irène Joliot - Curie Marie Curie
Irène Joliot - Curie Marie Curie