Stafford Branch
Ocean County Library
129 North Main St. (Route 9)
Manahawkin (609-597-3381)
The branch marks Women’s History Month with a talk titled “The Matilda Effect: Celebrating Unrecognized Women in History” on Tuesday, March 31, 2:30 p.m.
The Matilda Effect is a bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists and inventors, whose work is consequently attributed to their male colleagues. This phenomenon was first described by suffragist and abolitionist Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–1898) in her essay “Woman as Inventor” (first published as a tract in 1870 and later…
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