Question: who was the first woman awarded the nobel peace prize
Answer: Year Image Laureate Country Rationale 1903 Curie , Marie Skłodowska Marie Skłodowska Curie ( shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel ) Poland and France Physics `` in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel '' 1905 Suttner , Bertha von Bertha von Suttner Austria -- Hungary Peace Honorary President of Permanent International Peace Bureau , Bern , Switzerland ; Author of Lay Down Your Arms .