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By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide to Women's History since 1999

Rosalind Franklin

Thursday October 9, 2008
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Rosalind Franklin is a controversial figure in the history of science. Her photograph of the DNA molecule was the scientific evidence that James Watson needed to prove that DNA's structure was a double helix. But he was given the photograph without her permission, and he downplayed her role in his own account of the discovery. Rosalind Franklin did not share in the Nobel Prize for this effort (the prize is never awarded posthumously), and her life illustrates the difficulty women have had, making a career in the sciences. Read more: Rosalind Franklin

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November 25, 2008 at 11:45 am
(1) girl123 says:

rosalind franklin was an extrodaanary woman. not only did she not get the full credit for her work. she was also discriminated at king’s collage. so when your read this passage she’s more than a scientist she amazing!!
p.s.- i’m doing a reserch projest on her so i know quite a bit about her.!!

December 18, 2008 at 5:48 pm
(2) bobcat35 says:

Wow!!!! Rosiland Franklin was quite the all-American woman huh? She was an amazing scientist that also fought for Women’s Rights even without really trying. I mean, in her time, female scientists weren’t really all that common and they still aren’t.

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