# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-w-rossiter
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:36:41.222Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-w-rossiter"
name: "Margaret W. Rossiter"
slug: "margaret-w-rossiter"
description: "Margaret Walsh Rossiter was an American historian of science who was based at Cornell University. Rossiter coined the term Matilda effect in 1993 to describe bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists and inventors, whose work is consequently attributed to their male colleagues."
tagline: "American historian of science"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-07-08"
deathDate: "2025-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.96260133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump