In its 119 year history, the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to four women for their revolutionary contributions to the field: 2020 - ANDREA GHEZ “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy” 2018 - DONNA STRICKLAND “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.” 1963 - MARIA GOEPPERT MAYER “for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure” 1903 - MARIE CURIE née SKLODOWSKA “in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel”