Title:

Letter from Aaron Klug to Philip Siekevitz

Creator:

Klug, Aaron
The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Recipient:

Siekevitz, Philip and New York Academy of Sciences

Date:

14 April 1976

Description:

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.

Original Repository:

Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin

Location:

Folder: 6/7

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Aaron Klug.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Awards and Prizes

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Philip Siekevitz to Aaron Klug, 1976

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin. 12313

Legacy ID:

KRBBCX

NLM ID:

101584586X40

Profiles Collection:

The Rosalind Franklin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X40

Story Section:

Biographical Information