Martha Porter Saxton (September 3, 1945 – July 18, 2023) was an American professor of history and women's and gender studies at Amherst College who authored several prominent historical biographies.
Saxton taught at Amherst College,[2] and Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction.
[6] Saxton also published findings of a classroom experiment on Wikipedia's inclusion of women in historical articles.
Students conducted academic research on the topic of their choosing and then revised Wikipedia pages accordingly.
Martha Saxton died of lung cancer at her home in Norfolk, Connecticut, on July 18, 2023, at the age of 77.