Hi Guys. I'm Buzz. This is not my real name, But I would prefer to keep my identity secret. It's better that way.
Hi. Are you a girl who loves science? Me too. I LOVEEE science. It isn't all of me, but it makes up most of who I am. In this blog, I will write about women in science. First, a few facts about women in science:
Now, I am not saying men shouldn't be scientists, I am just saying that we need more girls!!! Where we show up, we show up in very small amounts, especially in science. Let me introduce you to someone very close to my heart (I don't know her personally, I just love her, and want everyone to know her story) who broke this barrier.
Her name is Rosalind Franklin.
Rosalind Franklin is a women from the 40s (who decided to be a scientist at age 15) who worked on the Tobacco Mosaic project with X-Ray crystallography, although this is not all that makes her so great.
She was the one who REALLY discovered the structure of DNA.
Do you know, that Watson and Crick stole their "discoveries" from Rosalind Franklin? Rosalind had some extra time on her hands, so she looked at DNA with X-Ray crystallography taking the now famous "Photo 51". She then put it in her desk, and began to study it. Not yet completely knowing that it was the structure of DNA-the double helix. This was all with the help of Maurice Wilkins, the man who cheated her out of her own discovery. He let Watson and Crick into Rosalind Franklin's office to look at the photo and finally figure out the structure of DNA. Then, Franklin, Watson, and Crick published "their" findings in a science journal- unfortunately because Franklin was a woman, her findings were put at the end of the journal, so everyone read Watson and Crick's first. Along with "someone" going into her report and changing it so that it referenced to Watson and Crick, she died a few years later (at the young age of 37) of ovarian cancer, probably a result of working with such high levels of radiation. Because the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded posthumously, Watson and Crick got the award, instead of the much deserving Rosalind Franklin. Unfortunately, Rosalind has not yet received credit, so pass this story on.
Want to know more? Go to https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/franklin.html . It is a great website with lots of information on Rosalind Franklin, along with her unfortunate story, and more cool facts that I didn't have time to mention.
Happy reading!!
Hi. Are you a girl who loves science? Me too. I LOVEEE science. It isn't all of me, but it makes up most of who I am. In this blog, I will write about women in science. First, a few facts about women in science:
- Most women stick towards social sciences or bio and medical sciences. Engineering and computer/mathematical sciences make up about 39% of all women in science.
- Women represent about 50% of the population, and 49% of the american workforce, but only 24% of STEM.
- The percentage of women with a doctorate working in a STEM job is about half the amount of men.
Now, I am not saying men shouldn't be scientists, I am just saying that we need more girls!!! Where we show up, we show up in very small amounts, especially in science. Let me introduce you to someone very close to my heart (I don't know her personally, I just love her, and want everyone to know her story) who broke this barrier.
Her name is Rosalind Franklin.
Rosalind Franklin is a women from the 40s (who decided to be a scientist at age 15) who worked on the Tobacco Mosaic project with X-Ray crystallography, although this is not all that makes her so great.
She was the one who REALLY discovered the structure of DNA.
Do you know, that Watson and Crick stole their "discoveries" from Rosalind Franklin? Rosalind had some extra time on her hands, so she looked at DNA with X-Ray crystallography taking the now famous "Photo 51". She then put it in her desk, and began to study it. Not yet completely knowing that it was the structure of DNA-the double helix. This was all with the help of Maurice Wilkins, the man who cheated her out of her own discovery. He let Watson and Crick into Rosalind Franklin's office to look at the photo and finally figure out the structure of DNA. Then, Franklin, Watson, and Crick published "their" findings in a science journal- unfortunately because Franklin was a woman, her findings were put at the end of the journal, so everyone read Watson and Crick's first. Along with "someone" going into her report and changing it so that it referenced to Watson and Crick, she died a few years later (at the young age of 37) of ovarian cancer, probably a result of working with such high levels of radiation. Because the Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded posthumously, Watson and Crick got the award, instead of the much deserving Rosalind Franklin. Unfortunately, Rosalind has not yet received credit, so pass this story on.
Want to know more? Go to https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/franklin.html . It is a great website with lots of information on Rosalind Franklin, along with her unfortunate story, and more cool facts that I didn't have time to mention.
Happy reading!!