Dr Claudia J Alexander

Dr. Alexander’s role in the Rosetta mission, the first to land on a comet, was not her only triumph. She was also a project manager on NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter and was a member of the technical staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As a researcher, Alexander’s studies included the evolution and interior physics of comets, Jupiter and its moons, magnetospheres, plate tectonics, space plasma, the solar wind and the planet Venus. She wrote or co-authored 14 papers.

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Ella F Boyd

A teacher, an amateur geologist, an officer in the Boston Society of Natural History and the Agassiz Association, and a member of the Hyde Park school board for fifteen years.

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Georgina King

Georgina King was self-taught and developed an interest in geology. However, she propounded eccentric theories and was frustrated by lack of recognition by scientists and learned societies. The National Herbarium of Victoria holds almost 300 of King’s specimens.

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Florence Collins

Florence Collins, geologist and aviator, was a woman of adventure and an important part of Denali National Park and Preserve’s long history of scientific research.

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Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz

Prominent American educator and naturalist, best known for her significant contributions to the field of education, particularly for women, and for co-founding Radcliffe College, which later became part of Harvard University.

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