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Matilda Joslyn Gage

American abolitionist, writer · United States · Journalists · Lived 1826 to 1898 · aged 71

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Matilda Joslyn Gage was an American writer and activist. She is mainly known for her contributions to women's suffrage in the United States, but also campaigned for Native American rights, abolitionism, and freethought.

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National Women's Hall of Fame1995

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Matilda Joslyn Gage was an American writer and activist. She is mainly known for her contributions to women's suffrage in the United States, but also campaigned for Native American rights, abolitionism, and freethought. She is the eponym for the Matilda effect, which describes the tendency to deny women credit for scientific invention. She influenced her son-in-law L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1826 to 1898 · aged 71

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