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Papers of M H F Wilkins: draft text concerning Wilkins reaction to accusations of sexism towards Rosalind Franklin, with related papers

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Typescript draft text by Maurice Wilkins detailing his reaction to accusations of sexism towards Rosalind Franklin made by Anne Sayre in Rosalind Franklin & DNA (Norton, New York, 1975), and by Horace Judson, in The eighth day of creation: makers of the revolution in biology (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1978), with particular reference to a letter written by Maurice Wilkins to John Randall in early 1952. Also includes transcript of letter from Maurice Wilkins to John Randall, written in early 1952; related manuscript and typescript research notes by Wilkins. This chapter was largely omitted from Maurice Wilkins’ published autobiography, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003).

Papers of M H F Wilkins: draft text concerning Wilkins’ reaction to accusations of sexism towards Rosalind Franklin, with related papers

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Papers of M H F Wilkins: draft text concerning Wilkins’ reaction to accusations of sexism towards Rosalind Franklin, with related papers

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