identified as known; acknowledged the validity or legality of
from Latin recognoscere 'to know again'
To be recognized is to have your worth seen and acknowledged
Recognition patterns in academia, science, and professional fields have systematically favored men; women's discoveries are often attributed to male colleagues or invisible until decades later (Rosalind Franklin's DNA work, Jennifer Doudna's CRISPR contributions).
When discussing historical contributions, verify female researchers and women's authorship. Challenge single-author or male-default attributions.
Rosalind Franklin's crystallography was essential to DNA structure discovery but went uncredited in the 1953 Nature paper; Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier's CRISPR work faced initial underrecognition. Active recognition of women's discoveries corrects systemic erasure.
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