Let's get a woman scientist on £50 notes

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The Bank of England is asking for nominations - app.keysurvey.co.uk/f/1348443/10fc/

There's Marie Curie and Dorothy Hodgkins for starters.

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Couple of other threads - the one on this board has some discussion and suggestions.

I don't think Marie Curie would be eligible as she was Polish. Plenty of other candidates though.

(Autocorrect offered Marie Cutie! Glad I caught that one in time).

I've already voted for Dorothy Hodgekins, but have a bump :)

I have already voted for Rosalind Franklin, but do have another bump

Thanks for making me aware of this. I’ve voted for Rosalind Franklin.

I also voted for Rosalind Franklin.

The criteria - apart from being a scientist - is British and dead. It's nominations rather than a vote as such.

I've nominated Dorothy Hodgkin - a shining example of a truly great female scientist with a long and illustrious career (and a mother, to boot!).

I've nominated Dorothy Hodgkin - only British female with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

In addition to the usual, for various reasons, I've a soft spot for:

Harriette Chick en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriette_Chick

Janet Lay-Claypon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Lane-Claypon

Elsie Widdowson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Widdowson

I've nominated Dorothy Hodgkin - only British female with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

This^. Protein crystallography is of huge import.

I would add that had Rosalind Franklin lived she is highly likely to have picked up a Nobel or two.

I voted for Rosalind Franklin a few days ago. When I saw an article about it, she is the first lady who sprang to mind who really deserves recognition that she never received.

I've already voted too - Dorothy Hodgkin. But always good to bump this.

I put down Ada Lovelace, because she's now used as a proxy for all the women in science whose achievements are overlooked. (Ironically, of course, that has made her much better known - but thaat's a positive, too.)

I would also vote for Ada Lovelace.

Having never heard of Harriette Chick before this thread (thanks @arranfan !) serendipitously I caught a short R4 program mainly about her when I was driving somewhere yesterday.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00013tr

Interesting re difference in female vs male priorities and approaches after WWI

Also, quite a lot of news items about the £50 and women nominated for it - lots of support for Dorothy Hodgkin!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/02/scientist-will-feature-new-50-note-bank-england-asking-public/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2184479-why-dorothy-hodgkin-should-be-pictured-on-the-uks-new-50-note/

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/11/new-50-note-nominations-include-scientists-stephen-hawking-and-dorothy-hodgkin/

https://theconversation.com/dorothy-hodgkin-britains-only-female-nobel-scientist-deserves-to-be-on-the-new-50-note-106394

Having never heard of Harriette Chick before this thread

Thanks for the programme link. I'm in awe of her and the other women at the Lister Insitute (including an Australian doctor who is the aunt of Tam Dayell in addition to being so engaged in the work that she and Chick did in Austria post-WW1).

I hope they mentioned that she gave a speech to the Nutrition Society (?) on her 100th birthday. :)

I suggested Hertha Ayrton the first woman to be proposed for the fellowship of the Royal Society. jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/ayrton-hertha-marks?fbclid=IwAR08PINGMzax5Iy2o2NZXK68cEAtPFxHeorU8Yl10uLsMGC2ABQSvaZV4sI

Mary anning. Amazing woman who discovered fossils and is inspiring girls to keep looking for fossils.

I voted Ada Lovelace.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird

I've already voted for Ada Lovelace.

Ros Franklin for me too: the one thing that excludes her from the Nobel - being dead - is a requirement for this honour.

But big up to Mary Anning. Every school kid knows ‘She Sells Sea Shells’ but how many know who the tonguetwister is about?

(Allegedly!)