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The role of women in the history of geology
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- Creator
- edited by C. V. Burek and B. Higgs
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : Geological Society ; Tulsa, OK : Distributors, North America, for individual and corporate orders, AAPG Bookstore, 2007
- Physical Details
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- viii, 342 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 1862392277, 9781862392274, 9781862398641
- OCLC
- ocn156812773
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The role of women in the history of geology : an introduction / C.V. Burek and B. Higgs -- The role of women in geological higher education : Bedford College, London (Catherine Raison) and Newnham College, Cambridge, UK / C.V. Burek -- Fossil hunters, a cave explorer and a rock analyst : notes on some early women contributors to geology / M.R.S. Creese -- The contribution of British women to Carboniferous palaeobotany during the first half of the 20th century / H.E. Fraser and C.J. Cleal -- The role of women in British Quaternary science / J.K. Hart -- The quiet workforce : the various roles of women in geological and natural history museums during the early to mid-1900s / P.N. Wyse Jackson and M.E. Spencer Jones -- The historical problems of travel for women undertaking geological fieldwork / C.V. Burek and M. Kolbl-Ebert -- Great expectations : Florence Bascom (1842-1945) and the education of early US women geologists / R.M. Clary and J.H. Wandersee -- The role of women in the history of geological studies in Ireland / B. Higgs and P.N. Wyse Jackson -- The role of British and German women in early 19th century geology : a comparative assessment / M. Kolbl-Ebert -- Invincible but mostly invisible : Australian women's contribution to geology and palaeontology / S. Turner -- Rediscovering and consering the Lower Palaeozoic "treasures" of Ethel Woods (neé Skeat) and Margaret Crosfield in northeast Wales / C.V. Burek & J.A. Malpas -- Marie Stopes and the Fern Ledges of Saint John, New Bruswick / H.J. Falcon-Lang & R.F. Miller -- Etheldred Benett (1776-1845) : the first woman geologist? / S. Laiming & D. Laiming -- Grace Anne Milne (Lady Prestwich) : more than an amanuensis? / J.D. Mather & I. Campbell -- Anne Phillips : John Phillips's geological companion / N. Morgan -- Keeping it in the family : the extraordinary case of Cuvier's daughters / M. Orr -- The influential Muriel Arber : a personal reflection / E. Robinson -- A knowledge unique : the life of the pioneering explorer and paleontologist, Dorothea Bate (1878-1951) / K. Shindler -- Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon (1864-1939) : Scottish researcher in the Alps / M. Wachtler & C.V. Burek -- The role of Annie Greenly in the elucidation of the geology of Anglesey / T.P.T. Williams -- Nancy Kirk : turning the world of graptolites upside down / A.R. Wyatt