Q: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only woman to win two fields?
A: Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win in multiple sciences. She received the coveted award in both Physics and Chemistry. She was also a pioneer in academia; she was the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.
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