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Matilda Joslyn Gage

1826 - 1898

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Matilda Joslyn Gage (née Joslyn; March 24, 1826 – March 18, 1898) was an American writer and activist. She is mainly known for her contributions to women's suffrage in the United States, but also campaigned for Native American rights, abolitionism, and freethought. She is the eponym for the Matilda effect, which describes the tendency to deny women credit for scientific invention. She influenced her son-in-law L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matilda Joslyn Gage is the 452nd most popular social activist (down from 427th in 2019), the 6,312th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,356th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Matilda Joslyn Gage ranks 452 out of 840. Before her are Anna Louise Strong, Eugénie Cotton, Melchora Aquino, Harry Wu, Henriette Herz, and Lynching of Jesse Washington. After her are Jason Moore, Phyllis Schlafly, Bogaletch Gebre, Mary McLeod Bethune, Carlos Fonseca, and Iosif Grigulevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Matilda Joslyn Gage ranks 51. Before her are Lea Ahlborn, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, August Ahlqvist, Adile Sultan, and Mariano Ignacio Prado. After her are Domenico Morelli, Silvestro Lega, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Friedrich Chrysander, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, and Henry Clifton Sorby. Among people deceased in 1898, Matilda Joslyn Gage ranks 60. Before her are Miklós Barabás, Hieronymous Theodor Richter, Calixto García, Anton Seidl, Eli Lilly, and Joaquín Crespo. After her are Ramón Emeterio Betances, Johan Lange, Maria Katharina Kasper, James Hall, Félix María Zuloaga, and Osbert Salvin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matilda Joslyn Gage ranks 6,313 out of 20,380. Before her are Rosario Dawson (1979), Leslie Uggams (1943), Kenneth Mars (1935), Bobby Seale (1936), Rosie O'Donnell (1962), and Louis C.K. (1967). After her are Nate Diaz (1985), Huell Howser (1945), Jon Brion (1963), Lupe Ontiveros (1942), Edie Falco (1963), and Joseph Keller (1923).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Matilda Joslyn Gage ranks 60. Before her are Huey P. Newton (1942), Claudette Colvin (1939), Nat Turner (1800), Afeni Shakur (1947), Otto Warmbier (1994), and Anna Louise Strong (1885). After her are Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), Eugene V. Debs (1855), Mary Edwards Walker (1832), William Lloyd Garrison (1805), and Pretty Boy Floyd (1904).

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