Matilda Joslyn Gage

Matilda Electa Gage , née Joslyn ( March 24, 1826 in Cicero , New York - March 18, 1898 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American suffragette and human rights activist.

Joslyn Gage was the editor of The National Citizen magazine . In addition, she founded the Woman's National Liberal Union in contrast to the National American Woman Suffrage Association . Joslyn Gage was, among other things, active in the dispute over the right to vote for women in the USA. She also criticized the withdrawal of female achievements in research and technology.

In 1993 the science historian Margaret W. Rossiter named the concealment of the scientific achievements of women after her as the Matilda effect .

Works

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage: History of woman suffrage . Fowler & Wells (April 3rd: Rochester, NY: SB Anthony; June 5th: Nat. American Woman Suffrage Assoc.), New York 1881.
Matilda Joslyn Gage: Woman, church and state . Unabridged ed. Humanity Books, Amherst, NY 2002, ISBN 1-59102-007-7 , pp. 527 (English).

literature

Margaret W. Rossiter: The Matilda Effect in Science. in: Theresa Wobbe (Ed.): Between the front stage and the back stage. Contributions to the change in gender relations in science from the 17th century to the present. transcript, Bielefeld 2003, pp. 191ff. ISBN 3-89942-118-3 (German, online ; PDF; 10.6 MB)

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Gage, Matilda Joslyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gage, Matilda Electa Joslyn (full name); Joslyn, Matilda Electa (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American suffragette and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 24, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cicero , New York
DATE OF DEATH	March 18, 1898
Place of death	Chicago , Illinois