title: The double helix and the 'wronged heroine'.
abstract: In 1962, James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA. Notably absent from the podium was Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray photographs of DNA contributed directly to the discovery of the double helix. Franklin's premature death, combined with misogynist treatment by the male scientific establishment, cast her as a feminist icon. This myth overshadowed her intellectual strength and independence both as a scientist and as an individual.
authors.affiliation: bmaddox@pitt.demon.co.uk
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maddox
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000266:history*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D019513:Feminism / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011287:Prejudice; D014027:Tobacco Mosaic Virus / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004247:DNA