Sheril KirshenbaumDec 17, 2022

Rosalind Franklin’s research was crucial to discovering DNA’s double helix structure 🧬 but it was James Watson & Francis Crick who received the credit & Nobel Prize.

Unknown to Franklin, the pair saw her unpublished data & X-ray diffraction images, inspiring their model. They never acknowledged her contribution until after her death.

How many discoveries & innovations of #women do we attribute to the men who took credit for their ideas?

https://theconversation.com/sexism-pushed-rosalind-franklin-toward-the-scientific-sidelines-during-her-short-life-but-her-work-still-shines-on-her-100th-birthday-139249 #history #science #HistoryRemix

Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday

Franklin was born a century ago, and her X-ray crystallography work crucially contributed to determining the structure of DNA.

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Show threadRobinSMessing

@Sheril

Rosalind Franklin should be featured on the American Women's Quarter Series. The U.S. Mint has announced who will be featured in 2023--and she is not on their list. As far as I know, the mint has not announced who will be honored in 2024 and 2025.

I don't know if the 2024 and 2025 honorees have already been chosen, and if not--how to nominate someone.

But she definitely deserves to be honored.

https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/american-women-quarters

American Women Quarters Program | U.S. Mint

The 2022-2025 American Women Quarters™ Program celebrates the contributions made by American women with up to five new quarter designs each year.

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Show threadDaniel (Not A Lawyer)Feb 12, 2023
@RobinSMessing @Sheril Franklin wasn't from the US or a US citizen. She was commemorated on a coin issued by the Royal Mint in 2020.