Nettie Stevens
Sex chromosomes
1905
Eclipsed by Edmund Wilson
The list of "Matilda"
These forgotten female scientists
These female scientists whose revolutionary discoveries were attributed to their male colleagues. Discover their stories and the impact of the phenomenon called the Matilda effect on scientific recognition.
Discover their storyLise Meitner
Nuclear fission
1938
Nobel given to Otto Hahn alone
Rosalind Franklin
Structure of DNA
1952
Work used without her consent
Chien-Shiung Wu
Non-conservation of parity
1956
Nobel awarded to her male colleagues
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Discovery of pulsars
1967
Nobel awarded to her thesis supervisor
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