Question

her research was published in major scientific journals, she had to fight against lower pay and slower promotions than her male peers. at times, others in the lab treated her more as an assistant than a fellow scientist. franklin also had difficulties collaborating with her colleagues because women were not allowed in the university dining rooms or clubs where theories were shared and debated over meals and drinks.

\franklin continued her work regardless, capturing the first clear images of dna in what were later called the most beautiful x - ray photographs of any substance ever taken. before she could publish her results, however, a male scientist in her lab showed her photographs to two rival researchers, james watson and francis crick. watson and crick used what they saw in franklin’s photos to help them develop their famous model of the double helix of dna. they were hailed all over the world for their discovery and received a nobel prize for it. rosalind franklin received a small footnote in their paper.\
what is the common theme of both biographies?
women made good scientists because they were patient and worked hard without complaining.
scientists used to steal research from one another in order to get ahead.
most men did not want their daughters to become scientists.
women often struggled for acceptance in scientific fields.

Explanation:

The passage about Franklin shows she faced lower pay, slower promotions, being treated as an assistant, and exclusion from spaces where scientific ideas were shared. These are all struggles for acceptance in the scientific field as a woman. The other options: the first is incorrect as the passage focuses on struggles not a positive trait - based reason for being good scientists; the second is incorrect as the situation with Watson and Crick was not "stealing" in a general sense of scientists stealing research, and it's not a common theme here; the third is not supported as the passage doesn't talk about men not wanting their daughters to be scientists. So the correct option is about women struggling for acceptance in scientific fields.

Answer:

Women often struggled for acceptance in scientific fields.