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The contribution of women to Welsh geological research and education up to 1920
Burek, Cynthia V.
Burek, Cynthia V.
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The contribution of women to Welsh geological research and education during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century up to 1920 and the importance of a sustainable archive.
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The importance of Welsh geology to the development of the science of geology and the stratigraphic
column is underestimated and indeed the contribution of women to this process is largely overlooked.
This paper explores the scientific contribution and the role that women played to the investigation of
Welsh stratigraphy. The work of Gertrude Elles, Ethel Skeat, Ethel Wood and Margaret Crosfield, the socalled
Newnham quartet of palaeontologists, and the educational contribution of Dilys Davies, the first
female to study geology at Newnham College, Cambridge and of Annie Greenly to the work of her
husband Edward Greenly on Anglesey is discussed. Catherine Raisin also contributed work on the
metamorphic rocks of Wales and her work is examined. Without their contributions, Welsh stratigraphy
would not be as advanced as it is today especially in the use of graptolite identification for correlation.
However, scientific research was not the only contribution and other roles such as illustrators, proof
readers, field assistants and teachers will also be examined against the background of the time. The fact
that there were few higher education institutions in Wales at the time admitting women to geology is a
significant factor for geological research. The contribution of female researchers to this research
development is largely forgotten by both researchers, educators and the general public. This paper hopes
to rectify these omissions.
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Burek, C. V. (2014). The contribution of women to Welsh geological research and education up to 1920. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 125, 480–492.
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