Rosalind Franklin, 1920–58 Color:Black with Gold Her father

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Wright is now one of the most famous black women in medicine

The American author was known for her social activism that was often mirrored through her writing of oppression

The third woman – and first American woman – to win the Nobel Prize in science

Rosalind Franklin, 1920–58 Color:Black with Gold Her fatherWhen the double helix structure of DNA was discovered, scientists claimed that they had unravelled the secret of life itself. The crucial piece of evidence was provided by the expert crystallographer Rosalind Franklin the famous photograph 51, an X ray picture showing a dark cross of dots, the signature image of a concealed molecular spiral. The life changing innovations that followed mapping the human genome, test tube babies, genetic engineering all