Special Women to Have Won the Nobel Prize with Their Remarkable Contributions

Irène Joliot-Curie

Mixing physics and chemistry with politics can lead to catastrophic results, but it seems Irène Joliot-Curie had mastered the three fields well enough to juggle their requirements. The eldest daughter of Marie Curie, the first woman Nobel Laureate, followed in her parent’s footsteps to win one for herself.

While working with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, the mother of two won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in discovering induced radioactivity. Achieving that feat made them the second ever married couple to bag the award. Thanks to her work, an important step in discovering uranium fission was made easy.

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