Dr Alice Wilson
Canada’s first woman to be a professional geologist
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Charlotte Murchison
Charlotte Murchison collected and studied fossils, with other geologists of the time studying and publishing works about fossils in her collection.
Etheldred Benett
Etheldred Benett amassed an impressive collection of fossils in the early 1800s, at one point encompassing thousands of specimens.
Margaret W Moodey
Margaret W. Moodey was one of the Smithsonian Institution’s first female staff members. By 1924, an annual report states that she “had the entire responsibility and care of the collection of cut gems.”
Kliti Grice
Internationally renowned organic geochemist and world-leading authority on molecular fossil and stable isotope geochemistry.
Kathleen Sherrard
Kathleen Sherrard took an active role in a number of women’s organisations in Australia, particularly women graduates and scientific workers and published a number of articles on palaeontology.
Dr Joan Crockford
Joan Crockford was an Australian geologist and invertebrate palaeontologist who specialised in Palaeozoic bryozoans.
Inge Lehmann
A 1929 earthquake led Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann to theorize (correctly) about the structure of the Earth’s core
Anne Baker
1800s English linguist, natural historian and illustrator
Maria Wilman
South African botanist who created the museum garden and rock garden in the Kimberley Public Gardens