217:. Falk had one sister. She worked as a guard at her father's shop, and helped him to conceal non-unionized workers in the cupboard when inspectors visited the shop. Falk expressed a desire to enroll at university though her traditionalist parents objected to this. Nevertheless, she became the first member of her family to attend university by enrolling at
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as "small of stature" and "a legendary conversationalist". She was outspoken, had a sense of humor, sympathy for those individuals considered the underdog, and friends and colleagues called her "a generous, warm and intellectually challenging person." Falk was married to Paul Fatt, with whom she had
310:(NHS), and she protested against a perceived threat to privatize it, which she feared would create a situation in which there would be an "Americanised service, where people will have to pay for healthcare through insurance, as has happened with dentists in this country".
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in 1970. Falk and Fatt later researched cellular biophysics to increase awareness of phototransduction of the retina. In 1974, Falk and physicist
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