GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 98
Monday, 26 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 303 (Colorado Convention Center)

T97. Unearthing the History of Women in Geosciences

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; History of Earth Sciences Society; GSA Geology and Society Division
Joanne Bourgeois, Kathleen Lohff and Renee M. Clary, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
UNEARTHING THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCES, WITH A TRIBUTE TO MICHELE ALDRICH
BOURGEOIS, Joanne, Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, jbourgeo@uw.edu
8:20 AM
ETHELDRED BENETT: THE FIRST LADY GEOLOGIST WAS A PALEONTOLOGIST AND A STRATIGRAPHER
CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 1705, Mississippi State, MS 39762, rclary@geosci.msstate.edu
8:35 AM
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF GEOLOGY
LOHFF, Kathy, Severna Park, MD 21146, kathylohff@msn.com
8:50 AM
MARY ANNING JUNIOR (1799-1847): AN EXTRAORDINARY ENGLISH GEOLOGICAL PIONEER (Invited Presentation)
TORRENS, Hugh, William Smith blg, Keele University, Room 101, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom, h.s.torrens@keele.ac.uk
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9:10 AM
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9:25 AM
MIGNON TALBOT (1869-1950), GEOLOGIST
ALDRICH, Michele, California Academy of Sciences, 24 Elm Street, Hatfield, MA 01038 and LEVITON, Alan E., Institute of Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, maldrich@smith.edu
 
9:40 AM
Discussion
 
9:50 AM
Break
10:05 AM
KATHERINE VAN WINKLE PALMER (1895-1982): THE LADY AND HER FOSSILS
BRICE, William R., 116 Luna Lane, Johnstown, PA 15904-3068, wbrice@pitt.edu
10:20 AM
TILLY EDINGER (1897-1967) AND THE BEGINNINGS OF VERTEBRATE PALEONEUROLOGY
BUCHHOLTZ, Emily A., Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481, ebuchholtz@wellesley.edu
10:35 AM
THE SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF ELINOR WIGHT GARDNER, EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY EXPLORER AND INTERDISCIPLINARY GEOSCIENTIST
HILL, Christopher L., Graduate College, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, chill2@boisestate.edu
10:50 AM
BLOOD, SAND, AND ICE:  MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY GEOMORPHOLOGIST CUCHLAINE A.M. KING
SACK, Dorothy, Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, sack@ohio.edu
11:05 AM
THE SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION AT THE FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS, COLORADO
MEYER, Herbert W., National Park Service, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816 and BUSKIRK, Bret L., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, 802 N 42nd St, Seattle, WA 98103, Herb_Meyer@nps.gov
11:20 AM
DARING TO DIG: A TRAVELING EXHIBITION ON THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGY
STRICKER, Beth, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, ews63@cornell.edu
 
11:35 AM
Discussion
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks
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