The Role of Women in the History of Geology

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The Role of Women in the History of Geology is written by Cynthia V. Burek and published by Geological Society of London. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1862392277 (ISBN 10) and 9781862392274 (ISBN 13).

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.