Celebrating 100 Years of Female Fellowship of the Geological Society : Discovering Forgotten Histories / Edited by C.V. Burek, B.M. Higgs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burek, Cynthia V., editor.

Higgs, B. (Bettie), editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Geological Society special publication ; no. 506.

Geological Society special publication ; no. 506

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geological Society of London.

Women geologists--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women geologists.

Women geologists--History.

Geology--History.

Geology.

History.

Geological Society of London--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 310 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK : The Geological Society, 2021.

Summary:

The Geological Society of London was founded in 1807. At the time, membership was restricted to men, many of whom became well-known names in the history of the geological sciences. On the 21 May 1919, the first female Fellows were elected to the Society, 112 years after its formation. This text celebrates the centenary of that important event. In doing so it presents the often untold stories of pioneering women geoscientists from across the world who navigated male-dominated academia and learned societies, experienced the harsh realities of Siberian field-exploration, or responded to the strategic necessity of the 'petroleum girls' in early American oil exploration and production. It uncovers important female role models in the history of science, and investigates why not all of these women received due recognition from their contemporaries and peers.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Celebration of the centenary of the first female Fellows: introduction / B. M. Higgs

Female medal and fund recipients of the Geological Society of London: a historical perspective / C.V. Burek

Margaret Chorley Crosfield, FGS: the very first female Fellow of the Geological Society / C.V. Burek

Ladies with hammers

exploring a social paradox in early nineteenth-century Britain / M. Kolbl-Ebert

Collecting women in geology: opening the international case of a Scottish `cabinetiere', Eliza Gordon Cumming (c. 1798

1842) / M. Orr

Female aristocrats in the natural history world before the establishment of the Geological Society of London / J. Porter

Scientists, collectors and illustrators: the roles of women in the Palaeontographical Society / P.R. Crowther

Maria Graham and the Chilean earthquake of 1822: contextualizing the first female-authored article in Transactions of the Geological Society / C. Thompson

Female students of geology in Victorian Dublin / S. Hegarty

Mabel Elizabeth Tomlinson and Isabel Ellie Knaggs: two overlooked early female Fellows of the Geological Society / C.V. Burek

Gertrude Elles: the pioneering graptolite geologist in a woolly hat. Her career, achievements and personal reflections from her family and colleagues / C.V. Burek

Eileen Mary Lind Hendriks (1887

1978), whose meticulous research resolved the Paleozoic stratigraphy and structure of SW England / J.A. Bennett

Two for the price of one: Doris Livesey Reynolds (1899

1985) / C. L. E. Lewis

Dr Dorothy Helen Rayner FGS (1912

2003): vertebrate palaeontologist and academic / P. J. Boylan

A pioneering geophysicist: Rosemary Hutton / A. G. Jones

Understanding the Earth: the contribution of Marie Tharp / B. M. Higgs

Buried discoveries of early female petroleum geologists / R. P. Gries

Women at the dawn of diamond discovery in Siberia or how two women discovered the Siberian diamond province / R. N. Yuzmukhametov

Far-flung female (and fossil bone hunting) Fellows: an autoethnographical approach / S. Turner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781786204967

1786204967

OCLC:

1253587011

Publisher Number:

99988070850