DNA

I spent some time reading blogs in the early evening Easter eve, while family watched Almost Famous yet again. I happened to come upon a string of blogging about women and violence and women and (in)visibility. Then I moved into more Bryson reading and came upon the story of Rosalind Franklin, a scientist who studied DNA in the early 1950's. Franklin was treated with disrespect and condescension and her data was shared with competitors without her knowledge or consent. Franklin was pressured to stop studying DNA and she did. She went on to publish extensively in the field of virulogy. She died at age 37 of ovarian cancer. She had not worn a lead apron when using X-Ray technology to photograph DNA. Her competitors won the Nobel Prize after her death. Theme night for me.