Rosalind Franklin's Phenomenal Discovery

What would you do if the phenomenal discovery that you made wasn't even known as your revelation at all? Unfortunately, this happened to me. Despite all of my hard work, I was given no credit until recently. I, Rosalind Franklin, discovered something so fundamental that it has led to a study that could save thousands of lives. To understand how important this is, you must know where I started, how I made the discovery, and what this really all led to. When I was born on July 25, 1920, in London, England, I was no groundbreaking scientist. I had to start out somewhere. I went to St. Paul’s Girls School for early education. In 1938, I entered Cambridge University for a degree in Physical Chemistry. Three years later, I had completed college and started working in a lab. I
did some research on Polymer reactions and the structure of coal, but I soon became fascinated with X-Ray Crystallography, which is a way to take photos of very small objects or organisms. I began taking photos of DNA in 1951, and quickly discovered a problem. The shape of DNA was changing depending on what type of photo it was, either wet or dry. Two years later, I determined that the shape was the same, and that DNA had a helical structure. This was a huge discovery. Without it, a whole field of science wouldn’t even exist. My early life shaped who I became, and if these things didn’t happen, the world would be very different today. I am definitely someone to remember.
Even though I did one simple thing, It has led to discoveries that shape our society. My hard work paved the path for the discovery of base pairs, which in turn led to a whole new study: Genetics. Genetics is the study of the DNA, chromosomes and base pairs that make up every living thing on Earth. In addition to this, we are able to do DNA testing now, which can tell you what diseases you are prone to, and drugs that could be harmful to you. This has saved hundreds of lives, and will save thousands more as testing becomes more available. Another idea that was caused by my discovery is the ability to manipulate DNA and remove potentially fatal genes. This is still in development, but it has almost been perfected. All of this never would have even taken place if I had never taken that one photo of DNA in 1951. You may think that this isn’t much, but what I did is essentially like pushing a snowball down a hill. As it tumbles down, it grows larger and larger into something more profound. My discovery has led to countless scientific advances, and I believe that I am someone important who should be known for generations to
come. Of course, this revelation changed lots of views on DNA previously. However, I was largely unrecognized for my discovery. The reason is that two male scientists saw my photo, and came up with the shape of DNA and published a journal just before I did. Therefore, Watson and Crick, the men who saw my photo, received the Nobel Prize in science. I was given no credit whatsoever until long after my passing. Nevertheless, I kept going. I visited the United States twice to give lectures on coal and virus structures. In late 1956, I was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer, most likely due to all of the time I spent working with X-Rays. Two years later, on April 16, 1958, I died at age 37. However, my discovery still impacted people. Within twenty years, DNA sequencing was beginning, and thirty years after that, the human genome was decoded. Despite not ever being recognized when I was alive, today I am widely known as one of the most important scientists of all time. Even though I am gone, my legacy still lives on today, and will for many years to come.