Many important discoveries in the field of science are the result of work done by women and the achievements of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin are no exception.

Dorothy Crowfoot was born in Egypt and moved to England when she was a child.

Her parents were English educators living in Cairo and Dorothy spent the first four years of her life in the Egyptian city.

Her father was interested in archaeology and her mother shared his interest by collecting unusual plants and studying ancient methods of weaving cloth.

While at school in England, Dorothy first learned about the science of chemistry and her interest was to lead her to a scientific career.

She became fascinated by the study of crystals and even set up a small laboratory in her family’s home when she was 14.

Certain natural substances are actually made up of tiny crystals but many people do not know that even aspirin is crystalline.

Substances made of crystals can look quite different yet all crystals share important characteristics.

All crystals are solid and have regular shapes.

Patterns in crystals repeat themselves over and over and crystals with flawless repetition are said to be perfect.

Dorothy finished high school and she decided to attend Oxford University.

Dorothy studied at Oxford for four years but then she received an offer to be an assistant to a famous chemist at the University of Cambridge.

She became familiar with a research technique called X-ray diffraction and this method became one of the foundations of her career as a scientist.

Later she returned to Oxford to teach and she began to do research.

She received a laboratory space in which to work and continued her studies of crystals but another element soon appeared in her life.

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