On the Throne of Science II

Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine (1995-2015)

Abstract

The article gives continuity to a broader research on the trajectories of the twelve scientists who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine between 1947 and 2015. In the previous phase, the trajectories of the five pioneers awarded between 1947 and 1988 were analyzed, and, in this second phase, their successors, the seven awarded between 1995 and 2015, were approached. The analysis of their autobiographies, speeches and lectures available on the award site, in addition to other sources, is based on a feminist critique of science as well as advances of the studies in the field of gender and science and the history of science. The article tries to identify similarities and differences between the pioneers and their successors in the attempt to contribute to the debate on the feminization of scientific careers.