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overlooked women in science. historically, men have dominated the field of science, and many women have not received professional credit or public recognition for their work. rosalind franklin, for example, was a chemist who did groundbreaking research into the structure of dna. her x - ray photograph of dna was shared, without her knowledge, with biologist james watson and fellow researcher francis crick, who then won a nobel prize for their model of the structure of dna, but she received no credit when they won the nobel prize. another scientist denied credit for her work was jocelyn bell burnell. bell burnell was a postgraduate student in 1967 when she discovered the first radio pulsars - small, dense rotating stars that emit radio waves. however, the credit was given to her supervisor, anthony hewish, who received a nobel prize in 1974. read the passage. what is the main, or central, idea of the passage? women have often failed to receive the credit they deserve for their scientific work. jocelyn bell burnell failed to receive credit for her 1967 discovery of radio pulsars.

Explanation:

The passage discusses how women in science, like Rosalind Franklin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell, have been overlooked for their scientific contributions despite making groundbreaking research. Rosalind Franklin's X - ray photograph of DNA was shared without her knowledge and she did not receive credit when Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA. Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars but her supervisor received the Nobel Prize.

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The main idea of the passage is that women have often failed to receive the credit they deserve for their scientific work.