The Nobel Prize

[Linda Stern]

c-galloway at TAIU.EDU (Cynthia M. Galloway) writes:

>We just had a seminar on Rosalind Franklin today and the students were
>wondering, "If Watson would have treated Franklin the same way had she been
>a man?"  I said I would throw the question out to the group for comments.

>They also said she should have won the Nobel Prize had she lived.  


One interesting point is that Franklin's name isn't on the Nature
paper.  I can't remember whether she was acknowledged (from memory, I
think yes, for a photo).

It seems to me that women are often not as agressive as men in making
sure they get public credit for everything they contribute.  I wonder
if this was a factor.


Linda