In 1962, James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize for identifying #DNA’s double-helix structure. But the award neglected to honor a young chemist whose critical research paved the way for this discovery: Rosalind Franklin. 
In her brief life, Dr. Franklin helped lay the groundwork for modern structural virology, produced one of the most famous images of DNA, and even completed a PhD on pores in graphite.
Dr. Franklin is too often remembered as a brilliant woman who fell victim to sexism, which she was, but she also merits honor as a chemist by her own right.
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And #OnThisDay in 1953, the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA was published in "Nature" magazine.
Rosalind Franklin died in 1958 at the age of 37 of ovarian cancer.
Rosalind Franklin died in 1958 at the age of 37 of ovarian cancer.
The famous Franklin X-ray: Sodium deoxyribose nucleate from calf thymus, Structure B, Photo 51, taken by Rosalind E. Franklin and R.G. Gosling. May 2, 1952.
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