Scanning for women nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics. Starts nice: Marie Curie: Nominated 1902 x2, won 1903:http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-facts.html …
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Irène Joliot-Curie (daughter of Marie Curie): Nominated 1934 x9, 1935 x6 for Physics, won Chemistry 1935 instead.
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Lise Meitner: Nominated 1937x2, 1940x3, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946x5, 1947x6, 1948x2, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, no wins.
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For bonus bitchiness, Meitner was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 19 times. That's 48 nominations 1925-1965, no wins.
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Marietta Blau: Nominated 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957, and for Chemistry in 1957. No wins. Hertha Wambacher: Nominated 1950 (with Blau), no wins.
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Maria Goeppert-Mayer: Nominated 1955 x2, 1956 x4, 1957 x2, 1958 x2 (Bonus: Chemistry x1), 1959 x2, 1960 x4, 1962 x6, 1963 x6. Finally won.
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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Nominated 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960x3, 1961x2, no wins. Nominated in Chemistry 24 times 1950-1964, finally won.
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Chieng-Shiung Wu: Nominated 1958 x2, 1959, 1960, 1964 x2, 1965. No wins. Margaret Burbidge: Nominated 1964. No wins. That's everyone.
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By my count, 9 women received 93 nominations for the Nobel Prize in Physics between 1901-1965, and won it twice. That's it.
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Extra bonus data: None of the women were nominated by women. (4 women nominated potential awardees in 1905, 1910, 1956, 1960, 1964, & 1965.)
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