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From Elinor Ostrom to Marie Curie wOw Salutes the Female Nobel Laureates (Photos)
In honor of Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Economics, wowOwow and findingDulcinea pay tribute to 40 inspirational women who achieved greatness as Nobel Prize winners.
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In honor of Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Economics, wowOwow.com has teamed up with findingDulcinea.com, a website known as the “Librarian of the Internet,” to honor the 40 female Nobel laureates.
Through hard work, determination and remarkable intelligence, these women have made significant strides in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, physiology and peacemaking. Flip through this slide show to meet some of these incredible females, and to learn more about any of the women, visit findingDulcinea.com — the site that scours the Web to find and present the best sites on any topic. Between 1901 and 2009, 40 women have received this most prestigious award. Visit Click here to view the complete list of women Nobel laureates at nobelprize.org.
Through hard work, determination and remarkable intelligence, these women have made significant strides in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, physiology and peacemaking. Flip through this slide show to meet some of these incredible females, and to learn more about any of the women, visit findingDulcinea.com — the site that scours the Web to find and present the best sites on any topic. Between 1901 and 2009, 40 women have received this most prestigious award. Visit Click here to view the complete list of women Nobel laureates at nobelprize.org.
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Thanks for this collection of beautiful women, WOW. I would be curious how many of these women raised families while excelling in their careers. I’d love to know how they did both.
Susan Gabriel