The first lady of DNA

Abstract

The annual celebration of the discovery of the double helical structure of DNA is held all around the world. James Watson and Francis Crick received enough praise, but, Rosalind Franklin was known to few, yet she conducted crucial research that led to the most significant discoveries of the 20th century. Until recently, Franklin was remembered only as the 'dark lady'-a stereotypically frustrated and frustrating female scientist, as profiled in Watson's 1968 'Double Helix' autobiog. This paper briefly describes the short but full of legend life of Franklin and I hope that we could understand and recognize her as one of DNA double helix structure discoverers.