The Forgotten Heroine Who Solved the Mystery of DNA

Rosalind Franklin’s greatest misfortune was being born a woman

It’s a shame that so much science was lost due to the misogyny Rosalind Franklin was forced to endure. Image colorized by author, original from the US National Library of Science.

In the early 1900s, science was almost entirely dominated by men. But since Rosalind Franklin’s father insisted that she attend one of the few schools in London that taught physics and chemistry to girls, she quickly developed an insatiable appetite for knowledge.