The Role of Women in the History of Geology

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Cynthia V. Burek, Bettie Higgs, Geological Society of London
Geological Society of London, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 342 pages
This book is a first as it unravels the diverse roles women have played in the history and development of geology as a science predominantly in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and selectively in Germany, Russia and US. The volume covers the period from the late eighteenth century to the present day and shows how the roles that women have played changed with time. These included illustrators, museum collectors and curators, educationalists, researchers and geologists. Originally as wives, sisters or mothers many were assistants to their male relatives. This book looks at all these forgotten women and for the first time historians and scientists together explore the contribution they made to this male-dominated subject.
 

Contents

an introduction
9
notes on some early
39
HART J K The role of women in British Quaternary science
97
V KÖLBLEBERT M The historical problems of travel for women
115
HIGGS B WYSE JACKSON P N The role of women in the history of geological
137
The role of British and German women in early 19thcentury
155
V MALPAS J A Rediscovering and conserving the Lower
203
FALCONLANG H J MILLER R F Marie Stopes and the Fern
227
the first woman geologist?
247
John Phillipss geological companion
265
a personal reflection
295
BUREK C V Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon
305
WILLIAMS T P T The role of Annie Greenly in the elucidation of the geology of Anglesey
319
295
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