Rosalind Franklin, the brilliant scientist that patriarchy nullified

Scientist Rosalind Elsie Franklin, born on July 25, 1920, and whose death marks 67 years this April 16, was a clear example of gender inequality in a world dominated by patriarchy. Despite her arduous and brilliant years of work that led her to discover the structure of DNA, she went unrecognized for it, which for a long time nullified her extremely important contribution to the field of science.

Rosalind Franklin, an English chemist who used the X-ray diffraction method in 1952 to check that the DNA structure is shaped like a double propeller. The materials used for its finding were appropriated by J. Watson and F. Crick who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. Rosalind Franklin was born in London on July 25, 1920. His father was Ellis Franklin (1894–1964), came from a Polish family who moved to England in the 18th century; he made …