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Which Nobel Prize category has had the most female winners?

Question #151115. Asked by psnz.
Last updated May 17 2024.
Originally posted May 16 2024 6:45 PM.

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The Nobel category with most female winners is the Nobel Peace Prize, with 19 of the 111 awarded.
After the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 to Narges Mohammadi, 19 women and 92 men have received "the world's most prestigious prize"
link https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/women-and-the-nobel-peace-prize

The distribution of [the 65] Nobel prizes awarded to women is as follows:
* nineteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize (16.3% of 110 awarded);
* seventeen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature (14.28% of 119 awarded);
* thirteen have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (5.6% of 230 awarded);
* eight have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (4.1% of 191 awarded);
* five have won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1.8% of 224 awarded);
* and three ... have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2.17% of 92 awarded)
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_Nobel_laureates

The full list of those 65 recipients is on this webpage;
link https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women/

May 17 2024, 2:06 AM
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