On Tuesday, Donna Strickland became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. She's the first woman to win the prize in 55 years.Here are a select number of articles about Dr. Strickland's win:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/02/nobel-prize-physics-awarded-tools-made-light-first-woman-years-honored/?utm_term=.a38c57221bfd
http://time.com/5412840/donna-strickland-nobel-prize-physics/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/science/donna-strickland-nobel-prize-physics.html
A number of articles have been written regarding how Dr. Strickland's win shed's light on society's bias against women in science.
This Atlantic article highlights how she did not have a wikipedia page until she won the Nobel Prize:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/nobel-prize-physics-donna-strickland-gerard-mourou-arthur-ashkin/571909/
This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses her Associate Professor status and the steeper slope for women in STEM.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/I-Never-Applied-Nobel/244699
Here are a select number of articles about Dr. Arnold's win:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/frances-arnold-nobel-prize-chemistry_us_5bb4d3d7e4b0876eda9a34ad
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/science/frances-arnold-nobel-prize-chemistry.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06753-y
They are the first women to win in a Nobel Prize in any category since 2015.
Additionally, a number of articles have been written regarding the small number of women who have won these prestigious prizes:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/nobel-prizes-women-gender-1.4847608
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-women-scientists-undervalued-twin-nobel.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/02/653639583/the-nobel-prize-in-physics-117-years-three-women-and-counting