Letter from Aaron Klug to Philip Siekevitz

Letter from Aaron Klug to Philip Siekevitz

Contributor(s):
Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin
Klug, Aaron
Siekevitz, Philip
New York Academy of Sciences
The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Publication:
Produced: 14 April 1976
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Awards and Prizes
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Anne Sayre's 1975 biography made Franklin's many accomplishments much more widely known, and she was posthumously honored as a pioneering feminist as well as an excellent scientist. The president of the New York Academy of Sciences asked Aaron Klug to recommend Franklin for a special "woman of science" award. In this letter, Klug responded, and recommended that Franklin be honored for her crucial contributions, not as a "woman of science." She was never an active feminist, he noted, and might have found it distasteful to be celebrated as one.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584586X40 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
KRBBCX
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X40
Archival Collection:
The Rosalind Franklin Papers (Profiles in Science)