Born: 30 July 1947, France
Died: NA
Country most active: France
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The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who won a Nobel Prize for her role in discovering the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), recalled a man telling her early on, “As a researcher, no way, women never have done anything in science, you had better think immediately to revise your career plan.” Fortunately, she didn’t listen to him—but how many women have listened to men like that? How many brilliant young women have been dissuaded from work that could have changed the world?
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