Lise Meitner & Matilda effect

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Timeline

Here is the timeline of the Matilda effect

1110-1160
Tortula de Salerne,
female doctor

1740-1807
Jeanne Barret,
botanist

1863-1930
Mary Whiton Calkin,
psychologist

1878-1989
Lise Meitner,
physicist

1888-1973
Frieda Robscheit-Robliens
pathologist

1892-1916
Alice Ball
chimist

1894-1970
Marietta Blau,
physicist

1894-1989
Lucia Moholy
photographer

1900-1996
Erika Cremer
chimist

1906-1992
Grace Cooper,
compiler

1912-1997
Chien-Shiung Wu,
physicist

1914-2000
Hedy Lamarr,
inventor

1920-1958
Rosalind Francklin,
physicist-chemist

1920-2006
Marie Tharp,
géologist

1922-2006
Ester Ledeberg
microbiologist

1925-2022
Marthe Gauthier,
doctor

1936-2014
Daisy Dussoix,
molecular biologist

1943
Jocelyn Bell,
astrophysicist

Mileva Einstein : Matilda effect or Matthew effect ?

There is one woman who does not appear on this timeline. She is Mileva Einstein , Albert Einstein's first wife.
Her case is controvesrial. Mileva worked with her husband on various projects. However, we cannot know if she is a victim of the Matilda effect or the Matthew effect (not being recognized because the colleage with whom the scientist works is better known).

Photo of Mileva Einstein

Mileva Einstein