AMEN! Coincidentally, last night there was a piece about her on NPR News Hour. About time. - Adelia Ritchie - Medium

… now. Never mind Jonas Salk, the guy who created the polio vaccine and then literally gave it away. Never mind Rosalind Franklin, the woman who proved DNA’s double-helix structure and then got written out of history for fifty years.

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Jessica Wildfire

Oct 1, 2021

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AMEN! Coincidentally, last night there was a piece about her on NPR News Hour. About time.

Adelia Ritchie

Written by Adelia Ritchie

Science lover, contributing editor at SalishMagazine.org, veggie gardener, expat

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