Margaret W. Rossiter
American historian of science · United States · Writers · Lived 1944 to 2025 · aged 81
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Something wrong?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.
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2025Died3 August 20252022George Sarton MedalAward2012Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward1997Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science PrizeAwardPfizer AwardAward1989MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1984Wilbur Cross MedalAward1981Guggenheim FellowshipAward1944Born8 July 1944
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United States
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Lived 1944 to 2025 · aged 81
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