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Historically, men have dominated the field of science, and many women have not
received professional credit or public recognition for their work. Rosalind Franklin, for
example, was a chemist who did groundbreaking research into the structure of DNA, a
type of molecule in cells that helps control their growth, activity, and reproduction.
Franklin's X-ray photograph of DNA was shared, without her knowledge, with biologist
James Watson. Franklin's work helped Watson and fellow researcher Francis Crick
discover the structure of DNA, but she received no credit when they won a
Nobel Prize for their model of DNA in 1962. Another scientist denied credit for her
work was Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Bell was a postgraduate student in 1967 when she
discovered the first radio pulsars-small, dense rotating stars that emit radio waves.
However, the credit was given to her supervisor, Antony Hewish, who received a Nobel
Prize in 1974.
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