I’ve written – and drawn – a graphic history about some of the women in the history of science, who were forgotten. The book is in Danish only (so far) and bears the title “Matilda-effekten”. The Matilda effect was coined by the american historian Margaret Rossiter and she choose the name Matilda after Matilda Roslyn Gage, an early american suffragette (figther for womens rights). But the name of the effect also referred to the more known “Matthew effect”, describing the phenomenon that well-known scientist sometimes get acknowledgements for other, less-known, scientist’s findings. The book came out Dec 1st, 2025.
Read more about the book at the publisher’s webpage:
“Mathilda-effekten”, FADL’s forlag
I gave a lecture about the book and the women in it on “Folkeuniversitetet”, dec. 10th, 2025:
“Matilda-effekten”, Folkeuniversitetet
You can also see my posts on LinkedIn about this here: