She was deceased by the time the Nobel was awarded. (She died of cancer in '58; the Nobel was in '62.) That's not to say that she wouldn't have lost out on the

She was deceased by the time the Nobel was awarded. (She died of cancer in '58; the Nobel was in '62.) That's not to say that she wouldn't have lost out on the three-recipients rule being female, but being dead is an automatic disqualification.