Re: Which Scientist on the new £50 Note?
Even with male scientists, the number that are well known to the public is quite small, and then if you subtract those who have already been on a banknote...
Well known to the general public means TV documentaries, films, news. These seem to be the only routes to public awareness.
Perhaps the banknote should be seen as an opportunity to educate the general public (well, those who can afford to use £50 notes) about a scientist they ought to have known about.
While we're at it, let's take a sledgehammer to glass ceilings and gender typecasting. Let it become quite OK for young lasses to have things even if they're not coloured bright pink. Having knowledge and the ability to do things has to be respected, not written off as 'geeky'.
Problems have to be fixed at their source, or else they will keep recurring.
David
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