In her much-praised 2002 biography of Franklin, Brenda Maddox noted that Franklin rarely wore a lead apron and often stepped carelessly in front of a beam.

在2002年出版的一本颇受好评的富兰克林的传记里，布伦达·马克多斯说，富兰克林很少穿防辐射服，并且常常漫不经心地走到X光前。