Template:Did you know nominations/Rita Harradence
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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 05:26, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
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Rita Harradence
[edit]- ... that Rita Harradence synthesised penicillamine?
Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:00, 3 June 2016 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. As for the hook, she did not synthesize it alone, so how about
- ALT1 ... that Rita Harradence and her husband synthesised penicillamine?
- It sounds as if they were co-researchers, so shouldn't she have shared the Nobel Prize? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:52, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
- They were co-researchers, but a woman couldn't be in charge of a group at NIMR, so he became the group leader. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:30, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
- A few years later and she probably would have shared the prize, as she does the fellowship at ANU. The 1960s was the high water mark of sexism. The most galling bit is that Conforth became a Fellow of the Royal Society for the synthesis of penicillamine. But he admits that they both did. I have no objection to the changed hook. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:59, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
- They were co-researchers, but a woman couldn't be in charge of a group at NIMR, so he became the group leader. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:30, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
- It sounds as if they were co-researchers, so shouldn't she have shared the Nobel Prize? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:52, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
Needs a new reviewer for ALT1. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:37, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
