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minus-squareBestaa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75arrow-down2·3 months agoFranklin might have won the prize, had she not died 4 years before the prize was awarded. Rules forbid the Nobel being awarded to the deceased.
minus-squareBonifratz@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoTrue. But it’s still three men named in the list of Nobel Prize winners, when a woman first made the actual discoveries. So even if there was no foulplay, it’s important to shine a light on women like Franklin.
Franklin might have won the prize, had she not died 4 years before the prize was awarded. Rules forbid the Nobel being awarded to the deceased.
True. But it’s still three men named in the list of Nobel Prize winners, when a woman first made the actual discoveries. So even if there was no foulplay, it’s important to shine a light on women like Franklin.