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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