Margaret W. Rossiter
Margaret W. Rossiter | |
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| Born | Margaret Walsh Rossiter July 8, 1944 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 2025 (aged 81) Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Known for | Matilda effect |
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| Education | |
| Thesis | The Emergence of Agricultural Science, Justus Liebig and the Americans, 1840–1880 (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frederic L. Holmes |
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| Discipline | Historian of science |
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Margaret Walsh Rossiter (July 8, 1944 – August 3, 2025) 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.