The “Matilda effect” describes the bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists. Some cases illustrating the Matilda effect include Eunice Foote, Rosalind Franklin, & Jocelyn Bell Burnell #WomenInSTEM #11F2023 #WomenInScienceDay

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@Ferwen JEG beat me to it. Yes, this list is long, although you mentioned two my my favorite examples.

It's absolutely unfair and unjust what male-dominated society has done here. If I were Watson and Crick, I'd have felt like a heel for the rest of my life, ashamed unless I took every opportunity to point out Franklin's role. But that's me. Taking credit for other people's work is a low to which I will not go.

My revenge is imagining the hair-tearing and heated arguments that must have taken place when the Nobel Committee was faced with Marie Curie. Not once, but twice. I'd like to be a fly-on-the-wall for those discussions. It's a miracle none of those men had a heart attack.

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