Nettie Stevens facing the wall of patriarchy
She discovered the Y chromosome. He got the Nobel. Dive into Nettie Stevens' story.
Nettie
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Oblivion is not an accident.
The Matilda Effect is a systemic mechanism: it refers to the denial or minimization of women scientists' discoveries. This site explores this patriarchal bias through the story of Nettie Stevens, and how culture is repairing this erasure today.
Women, Science and Oblivion
Women of Science in Literature
When fiction repairs oblivion. How novels bring women scientists back to life.
X + Y: The equation that defines our sex.
No lab coat needed to understand. Dive into Nettie Stevens' discovery.
Thelma & Louise: the revolt that strikes back.
This movie doesn't fix the past, it arms the present. The impossible escape of two women.
The system that erased her.
"The Golden Age of Patriarchal Order": this book describes the era Nettie Stevens lived in.