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[–] [email protected] 123 points 2 months ago (2 children)

See also Rosalind Franklin who first discovered DNA's double helix structure (three men later received the Nobel Prize for this finding).

And more examples here.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Franklin might have won the prize, had she not died 4 years before the prize was awarded. Rules forbid the Nobel being awarded to the deceased.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

True. But it's still three men named in the list of Nobel Prize winners, when a woman first made the actual discoveries. So even if there was no foulplay, it's important to shine a light on women like Franklin.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Fuck Watson and Crick, all my homies hate Watson and Crick