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Many of these women often also received substantial male aid and patronage, or were even posthumously given credit for work they didn't play a large role in by eager feminists, e.g., Ada Lovelace, who is often claimed to be the first computer programmer in history, was likely predated by her confidant Charles Babbage in this accomplishment as he constructed the machine, and there is no actual evidence that she contributed in any substantial way to Babbage's work in this regard.<ref>http://robroy.dyndns.info/collier/ch3.html</ref> Moreover, she only published minor theoretical works which were never put into practice.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Yn3i-DMKw&feature=youtu.be&t=9m19s</ref> | Many of these women often also received substantial male aid and patronage, or were even posthumously given credit for work they didn't play a large role in by eager feminists, e.g., Ada Lovelace, who is often claimed to be the first computer programmer in history, was likely predated by her confidant Charles Babbage in this accomplishment as he constructed the machine, and there is no actual evidence that she contributed in any substantial way to Babbage's work in this regard.<ref>http://robroy.dyndns.info/collier/ch3.html</ref> Moreover, she only published minor theoretical works which were never put into practice.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Yn3i-DMKw&feature=youtu.be&t=9m19s</ref> | ||
Actress Hedy Lamarr is often claimed to have invented important aspects of | Actress Hedy Lamarr is often claimed to have invented important aspects of the Wi-Fi technology, when in fact she herself admitted she did only 'creative work on the invention,' while the composer and author, George Antheil, 'did the really important part, 'also not even being able to elaborate on the technicalities.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/8kig2k/did_hedy_lamarr_invent_spread/</ref> | ||
Rosalind Franklin is frequently claimed to have helped to discover DNA, but she was mocking the idea of helical DNA and was uncooperative.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160314212535/http://boysmeneducation.com/the-truth-of-rosalind-franklin-and-photograph-51/</ref> | Rosalind Franklin is frequently claimed to have helped to discover DNA, but she was mocking the idea of helical DNA and was uncooperative.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160314212535/http://boysmeneducation.com/the-truth-of-rosalind-franklin-and-photograph-51/</ref> | ||
Even the unquestionably most distinguished female scientist in history, Marie Curie-Skłodowska (a 2 time Nobel prize winner), is less eminent in regards to encyclopedia entries and academic citations, than her husband and colleague Pierre Curie, according to the author Charles Murray.<ref>Murray, C. 2003. Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950. pp 126.</ref> | Even the unquestionably most distinguished female scientist in history, Marie Curie-Skłodowska (a 2 time Nobel prize winner), is less eminent in regards to encyclopedia entries and academic citations, than her husband and colleague Pierre Curie, according to the author Charles Murray.<ref>Murray, C. 2003. Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950. pp 126.</ref> | ||