Sy(STEM)ic Sexism- Rosalind Franklin

Madeleine Leavitt

11th Grade

Claremont High School

Tri-City (Los Angeles County)

My entry follows the situation of Rosalind Franklin, a popular instance of the Matilda effect.

Rosalind Franklin was a woman who made exceptional contributions to the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA. Her utilization of X-ray crystallography was arguably the most important key regarding the discovery, however, it wasn’t until recently that her name became widespread.