Women in chemistry A. Steitz for the study of the structure and function of the ribosome. Women in chemistry This is a list of women chemists. It should include those who have been important to the development or practice of chemistry. Their research or application has made significant contributions in the area of basic or applied chemistry. Five women have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (listed above), awarded annually since 1901 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Marie Curie was the first woman to receive the prize in 1911, which was her second Nobel Prize (she also won the prize in
Marie Curie High School Vietnam, with around 5000 students in regular attendance. In 2007, it became a public high school. Marie Curie High School Marie Curie High School (French: "Lycée Marie Curie", Vietnamese: "Trường Trung học Phổ thông Marie Curie") is a public high school in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established in 1918 and named after the Nobel prize-winning scientist Marie Curie by the French colonial government, it remains the sole high school in Saigon that still bears its original name. Founded in 1918 as an all-girls school, it began accepting boys in 1970. In 1997, it was turned into a