The Role of Women in the History of GeologyCynthia V. Burek, Bettie Higgs, Geological Society of London 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 |
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