Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Hodgkin, OM, FRS, née Crowfoot, was a British chemist, credited with the development of protein crystallography , her pioneering work helped unravel the structures of proteins, including insulin.
She became interested in chemistry and crystals as a child and went on to study at Oxford, followed by a PhD at Cambridge. Her pioneering work helped unravel the structures of proteins, including insulin, which she studied for more than 30 years.
Hodgkin remains the only British woman to have ever won one of the science Nobels, which she was awarded in 1964, but the British press were unable to forget her gender. The Daily Mail reported at the time: "Oxford housewife wins Nobel", while the Telegraph wrote: "British woman wins Nobel Prize – £18,750 prize to mother of three."
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