This digital collection features materials related to notable women scientists, including Marie Curie, Irène Joliot-Curie, Bettye Washington Greene, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Stephanie Kwolek, and Rosalyn Yalow, as well as images of women working in a variety of laboratory and industrial settings. The collection also includes a range of materials related to women's health, including breast pumps, contraceptives, and mammary sizers.
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Letter from Imperial Chemical Industries Limited to Rosalind Franklin, July 22, 1953
- 1953-Jul-22
Letter from Imperial Chemical Industries Limited to Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) regarding X-ray diffraction photographs of polytetrafluoroethylene fibre. Along with the letter are three diagrams on velum and a…
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Letter from A. Gallenkamp & Co. Ltd. to Rosalind Franklin, November 18, 1953
- 1953-Nov-18
Letter from A. Gallenkamp & Co. Ltd. to Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958). Along with the letter is a catalogue of laboratory ovens.
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Letter from the American Phytopathological Society to Rosalind Franklin
- Circa 1957
Letter from American Phytopathological Society to Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) requesting information on the paper "The Structure of Viruses as Determined by X-ray Diffraction" for their upcoming Jubilee celebration.
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Dr. Rosalind E. Franklin, Reprint from Nature
- 1958-Jul-19
Obituary in Nature for Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), written by her friend and mentor J. D. Bernal (1901-1971). Bernal, director of Birkbeck College's Biomolecular Research Laboratory, invited Franklin to work at…
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Dr. Rosalind Franklin: A Life Dedicated to Science
- 1958-Apr-19
Photocopy of Rosalind Franklin's (1920-1958) obituary from The Times, written by her friend and mentor J. D. Bernal (1901-1971). Bernal, director of Birkbeck College's Biomolecular Research Laboratory, invited Franklin…
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Obituary for Rosalind Franklin
- 1958
Obituary of Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) from The Times, written by her friend and mentor J. D. Bernal (1901-1971). Bernal, director of Birkbeck College's Biomolecular Research Laboratory, invited Franklin to work at…
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Rosalind E. Franklin: Biographical Summary
- 1957
Typed biographical summary of Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958).
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Rosalind Franklin biographical notes
- 1956 – 1957
Handwritten biographical notes written by Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958).
- Creator Of Work Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958
- Subject Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958, Women in science, Women chemists, Chemists
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Draft of "X-ray diffraction studies of DNA in King's College 1950 onwards", with cover letter written by Maurice Wilkins, 1976
- 1976-Jan-27 – 1976-Feb-20
- Addressee Klug, A. (Aaron), Sir, 1926-2018
- Author Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004
- Subject Klug, A. (Aaron), Sir, 1926-2018, Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004, Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958, King's College London, Watson, James D., 1928-, Crick, Francis, 1916-2004, Gosling, R. G. (Raymond George), 1926-2015, DNA--Structure, X-rays--Diffraction, Molecular biology, Women in science
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La chymie charitable et facile, en faveur des dames
- 1687
La chymie charitable et facile, en faveur des dames was the first chemistry book written by a woman, Marie Meurdrac (c. 1610-1680), for a female audience. The book covers practical chemistry, medicine, and cosmetics,…
- Author Meurdrac, Marie
- Subject Chemistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Women--Health and hygiene, Beauty, Personal
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Letter from Dorothy Hodgkin to Max Perutz, July 20th
- Circa 1954-Jul-20
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