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dc.contributor.authorBurek, Cynthia V.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-11T15:27:24Z
dc.date.available2020-11-11T15:27:24Z
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/623959/Final%20Burek%202014%20Contributiono%20f%20women%20to%20welsh%20geological%20research%20and%20education%20up%20to%201920.pdf?sequence=3
dc.identifier.citationBurek, C. V. (2014). The contribution of women to Welsh geological research and education up to 1920. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 125, 480–492.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/623959
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016787814000583en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectWelsh geologyen_US
dc.subjectfemale geologistsen_US
dc.subjectwelsh educationen_US
dc.titleThe contribution of women to Welsh geological research and education up to 1920en_US
dc.title.alternativeThe 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.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Chesteren_US
dc.identifier.journalProceedings of the Geologists’ Associationen_US
or.grant.openaccessYesen_US
rioxxterms.funderunfundeden_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUnfundeden_US
rioxxterms.versionAMen_US
rioxxterms.versionofrecordhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.07.007en_US
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2015-09-04
rioxxterms.publicationdate2014-09-04
dc.dateAccepted2014-07-27
dc.date.deposited11-11-2020en_US
dc.indentifier.issn0016-7878en_US


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