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I’m looking for suggestions for women to appear on the new £50 note

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WeeMadArthur · 02/11/2018 13:39

Hi all, I’ve just seen that the Bank of England have opened nominations for the next scientist to appear on the new £50 note. They have to be British and dead, and I think it’s about time that a woman appeared on it but I’m not sure who to put forward as I worry that if I put someone less well known that it will be a wasted vote against all the better publicized male scientists. The link to the vote is app.keysurvey.co.uk/f/1348443/10fc/

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deydododatdodontdeydo · 02/11/2018 14:57

By insisting on it being a scientist they are excluding a lot of historical women.
Since women were denied education and opportunity to work in the sciences, it's hardly surprising we have relatively few to choose from.
But plenty from the arts!
Lovelace is fine and I'd be happy with that, but I think her contribution is over inflated a little.

JellySlice · 02/11/2018 14:56

Mary Anning - children learn about her in school, so she is more likely to be familiar to people, if there's a vite.

BehemothPullsThePeasantsPlough · 02/11/2018 14:53

I think a team would be good. Babbage and Lovelace together maybe. I’d like to show the whole DNA team except that Watson is both American and ethically dodgy.

Annandale · 02/11/2018 14:47

I'm going to nominate Dorothy Hodgkin.

ThistleAmore · 02/11/2018 14:46

Cecilia Payne, who discovered that 'we are all made of stars'.

Although born and educated in England, she realised that in order to advance her career as a 'serious' scientist, she had to go to America and therefore achieved the body of her professional work at Harvard:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin

greathat · 02/11/2018 14:09

Maths is a science...

Racecardriver · 02/11/2018 13:58

I thought Ada Lovelace was a mathematician not a scientist?

VelvetGreen · 02/11/2018 13:57

Mary Leakey
Mary Anning

PilarTernera · 02/11/2018 13:52

RiverTam The person has to be a deceased British scientist. Apart from Ada Lovelace, your names do not meet the criteria.

RiverTam · 02/11/2018 13:50

sorry, didn't see they had to be a scientist. Scratch Any and Emmeline!

RiverTam · 02/11/2018 13:49

Marie Curie
Amy Johnson
Ada Lovelace
Emmeline Pankhurst

PilarTernera · 02/11/2018 13:48

I voted for Rosalind Franklin and Ada Lovelace. (You can vote more than once.)

AspieAndProud · 02/11/2018 13:45

Ros Franklin.