Science

Women's Firsts in Science

From the first Nobel Prize in 1903 to modern breakthroughs, these women pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge.

3 firsts documented

science 1843 Who Was the First Woman Computer Programmer? Ada Lovelace Wrote the first computer program in 1843 for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, a century before electronic computers existed. science 1903 Who Was the First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize? Marie Curie Marie Curie shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, then won a second Nobel in Chemistry in 1911, becoming the first person to win two. science 2014 Who Was the First Woman to Win the Fields Medal? Maryam Mirzakhani Iranian mathematician who won the Fields Medal in 2014, 78 years after the prize was established. Only two women have won it in 90 years.