In this world, men were naturally geniuses, while women could only hope to work hard, and risk being ignored, minimized, or ripped off. “This slow and gentle robbery,” as Sayre called it, continued past the theft of Rosalind’s photograph. Museum exhibits and encyclopedia entries about DNA failed to mention her. Linus Pauling, another of the competitors in the race to understand DNA, had written a commemorative essay giving the credit for Franklin’s photograph and analysis to Wilkins.
