Female Nobel Laureates: an earnest and worthy deathmatch (20-02)

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Diogenes
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10:47am, 16 Jan 2020
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Diogenes
I also voted for McClintock.

Alice Munro needs another vote to avoid elimination. Please help
Maclennane
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disappointing levels of x killing/nonsense option
GlennR
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Peasants.
Wriggling Snake
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Wriggling Snake
flibbertigibbet

Test
GregP
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Which pool Dio? I'm about to close Pool A.
GregP
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Pool A closes.

Literature 2007: Doris Lessing, “that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny”: gross 9, net 5 (Progresses to next round)
Peace Prize 2011: Tawakkol Karman, “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”: gross 8, net 4 (Progresses to next round)
Physics 1963: Maria Goeppert Mayer, “for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure”: gross 6, net 2 (Progresses to next round)

Peace Prize 1992: Rigoberta Menchú Tum, “in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples”: gross 3, net -1 (Eliminated)
Chemistry 2009: Ada E. Yonath, “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”: gross 2, net -2 (Eliminated)
Physiology or Medicine 2014: May-Britt Moser, “for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain”: gross 2, net -2 (Eliminated)
Physiology or Medicine 1988: Gertrude B. Elion, “for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment”: gross 1, net -3 (Eliminated)
Literature 1945: Gabriela Mistral, “for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world”: gross 0, net -4 (Eliminated)
GregP
GregP
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Pool B closes

Peace Prize 1997: Jody Williams, “for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines”: gross 10, net 7 (Progresses to next round)
Physics 2018: Donna Strickland, “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics”: gross 8, net 5 (Progresses to next round)
Physiology or Medicine 2015: Tu Youyou, “for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria”: gross 7, net 4 (Progresses to next round)
Peace Prize 2014: Malala Yousafzai, “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”: gross 6, net 3 (Progresses to next round)

Chemistry 2018: Frances H. Arnold, “for the directed evolution of enzymes”: gross 2, net -1 (Eliminated)
Literature 1966: Nelly Sachs, “for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel’s destiny with touching strength”: gross 0, net -3 (Eliminated)
Literature 2009: Herta Müller, “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed”: gross 0, net -3 (Eliminated)
Physiology or Medicine 1995: Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, “for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development”: gross 0, net -3 (Eliminated)
GregP
GregP
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3:23pm, 16 Jan 2020
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Whoever voted for the font in pool C should have a good hard think and re-cast their vote. Poll closes in five-ish minutes
GregP
GregP
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3:26pm, 16 Jan 2020
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Shame on the three of you.

Pool C closes.

Physiology or Medicine 1947: Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz, “for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen”: gross 11, net 8 (Progresses to next round)
Peace Prize 2018: Nadia Murad, “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”: gross 8, net 5 (Progresses to next round)
Literature 2013: Alice Munro, “master of the contemporary short story”: gross 6, net 3 (Progresses to next round)

Peace Prize 2003: Shirin Ebadi, “for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children”: gross 3, net 0 (Eliminated)
Physiology or Medicine 2004: Linda B. Buck, “for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system”: gross 2, net -1 (Eliminated)
Literature 1991: Nadine Gordimer, “who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity”: gross 1, net -2 (Eliminated)
Literature 1909: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf, “in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings”: gross 0, net -3 (Eliminated)
The Sveriges Riksbank Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009: Elinor Ostrom, “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons”: gross 0, net -3 (Eliminated)
GregP
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3:29pm, 16 Jan 2020
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Pool D closes

Physiology or Medicine 2008: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus”: gross 11, net 9 (Progresses to next round)
Chemistry 1911: Marie Curie, née Sklodowska, “in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element”: gross 10, net 8 (Progresses to next round)
Peace Prize 2004: Wangari Muta Maathai, “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”: gross 4, net 2 (Progresses to next round)
Literature 2015: Svetlana Alexievich, “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”: gross 3, net 1 (Progresses to next round)

Literature 1993: Toni Morrison, “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality”: gross 2, net 0 (Eliminated)
The Sveriges Riksbank Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019: Esther Duflo, “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”: gross 2, net 0 (Eliminated)
Physiology or Medicine 1977: Rosalyn Yalow, “for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones”: gross 1, net -1 (Eliminated)
Literature 1926: Grazia Deledda, “for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general”: gross 0, net -2 (Eliminated)

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Deathmatch closed 04/02/20
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GOLD: Marie Curie, who became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person — man or woman — to win the award twice. With her husband Pierre Curie, Marie's efforts led to the discovery of polonium and radium and, after Pierre's death, the further development of X-rays. The famed scientist died in 1934 of aplastic anemia likely caused by exposure to radiation

SILVER: Jody Williams, (born October 9, 1950, Putney, Vermont, U.S.), American activist who helped found the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). In 1997 she and the campaign were named corecipients of the Nobel Prize for Peace

BRONZE: Nadia Murad Basee Taha, an Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist who lives in Germany. In 2014, she was kidnapped from her hometown Kocho and held by the Islamic State for three months.

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