Women scientists win Nobel Prizes.(NEWSWATCH)

In addition to the much talked about Nobel Prize bestowed to President Obama, three women scientists were awarded Nobel Prizes recently. This marks significant progress, since fewer than 40 of the more than 500 Nobels ever awarded in science have gone to women.

* Dr. Elinor Ostrom is a professor of political science at Indiana University at Bloomington who won an Economic Science prize. Ostrom studies how government regulations and social norms interact when …