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The Matter of Everything, with Suzie Sheehy

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Matilda Effect in Physics

There are at least two different ways that the historical discrimination against women in in physics manifests. One is just direct limitations on their participation like some researchers having projects they considered not suitable for women to work on or the marriage bar. There are also cases where women researchers made significant contributions to physics discoveries and their role was sometimes deliberately censored from public records and recognition could you talk about a couple of these examples?

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