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Not only did they use her photograph, but they published their findings without any mention of Franklin. Smith wrote, “Wilkins shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Watson and Crick for discovering the spiraling ladder structure of DNA and its role in heredity
Franklin, whose lab produced the photograph that helped unravel the mystery of DNA, received no credit for her role until after her death” (Smith). This is quite literally the definition of plagiarism, yet the entire scientific community has been quiet on this issue. This poses the question raised by Smith, the scientific panel, and Cobb — was their sexism involved in excluding Franklin from the credit
Elkins believed that Franklin was not treated well, and certainly not as an equal to her colleagues. She believes that due to the pervasive sexism within the scientific field, Franklin was unaware that she should have been treated better. She claims that Franklin’s paper was not acknowledged, “… because of the snaky deal that was done between Randall, the head of King’s, and Bragg, the head of Cavendish (Laboratory), to cover up the very awkward fact that the data had migrated from one place to the other” (Lloyd). This statement suggests the questionable activities not only of Watson and Crick but also of their superiors.
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