“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” — Winston Churchill

It’s important to remember that the accuracy of historical accounts always depends upon the historian.

For example, have you ever heard of the Matilda Effect? It publicizes when men receive credit for women’s accomplishments. The term was introduced in 1993 by Margaret W. Rossiter, a science historian, to honor Matilda Joslyn Gage, a prominent suffragist and abolitionist who had drawn attention to the significance of women’s inventions almost a century earlier.

An article on the Dictionary;Scoop website entitled “10 Hugely Important Discoveries Made By Women But Attributed To Men” gives some breakthrough examples. It can be found at https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/10-Hugely-Important-Discoveries-Made-By-Women-But-Attributed-To-Men