ID: GLSHW-3.3 Geology and Earth Sciences (675-747) Here are listed works on women in the geosciences, including geology and meteorology. GENERAL 675 Aldrich, Michele L. "Women in Geology." In WOMEN OF SCIENCE: RIGHTING THE RECORD, ed. by G. Kass-Simon & Patricia Farnes, pp.42-71. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1990. 676 Aldrich, Michele L. "Women in Paleontology in the United States, 1840-1960." EARTH SCIENCES HISTORY 1 (1982): 14-22. 677 Arnold, Lois Barber. "American Women in Geology -- A Historical Perspective." GEOLOGY 5, no.8 (August 1977): 493-494. One of six papers in a symposium on "Women and Careers in Geoscience." 678 Coates, Mary Sue. "Women Geologists Work Toward Equality." GEOTIMES 31, no.11 (November 1986): 11-14. History and current status of women in geology. 679 Elder, Eleanor S. "Women in Early Geology." JOURNAL OF GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION 30, no.5 (November 1982): 287-293. Biographical sketches of Martine de Bertereau, Baroness de Beausoleil (ca. 1602-1640); Mary Ann Anning (1799-1847); Elizabeth Philpot (1780?-1857); Erminnie Adele Platt Smith (1836-1886); Ida H. Ogilvie (1874-1963); Mignon Talbot (1869-1950); Carlotta J. Maury (1874-1938); Elizabeth Florette Fisher (1873-1941); Inge Lehmann (b.1888). 680 Geological Survey (U.S.) WINGS: WOMEN IN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Denver, CO: Geologic Division Women's Advisory Committee, Central Region, 1991. Bimonthly periodical which began in June 1991. 681 Halsey, Susan D. et al., eds. WOMEN IN GEOLOGY. Canton, NY: Ash Lad Press, 1976. Proceeding of the First Northeastern Women's Geoscientists Conference, St. Lawrence University, 1976. Includes scientific papers and self- disclosing presentations by a panel of "role models." 682 Johnson, Diane. "Women in Meteorology: A Glimpse of the Large-Scale Pattern." WEATHERWISE 28, no.3 (June 1975): 108-113. 683 Rossiter, Margaret W. "Geology in Nineteenth Century Women's Education in the United States." JOURNAL OF GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION 29, no.5 (November 1981): 228-232. 684 Sand, Virginia Murphy, and Bunning, Bonnie Butler. "Ten Years of Progress for AGI's Women Geoscientists Committee." JOURNAL OF GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION 33, no.4 (September 1985): 212-215. Reviews the committee's activities and charts gains in women's education and employment. 685 Schrock, Robert Rakes. "Women in Geology at M.I.T." In GEOLOGY AT M.I.T. 1865-1965, VOL. 2, pp.395-442. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982. 686 Schwarzer, Theresa F. "The Changing Status of Women in the Geosciences." In EXPANDING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE SCIENCES, ed. by Anne Briscoe and Sheila Pfafflin, pp.48-64. (ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 323; 1979.) A look at women's status in the 1970s. Includes statistical charts. 687 Simpson, Joanne, and LeMone, Margaret. "Women in Meteorology." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 55, no.2 (February 1974): 122-131. 688 Suiter, Marilyn J. "Women in Geoscience: A Resource to Develop." GEOTIMES 37, no.1 (1992): 14-17. 689 Wallace, Jane H. "Women in the Survey." GEOTIMES 24, no.3, (March 1979): 34. Covers women's roles in the U.S. Geological Survey. BIOGRAPHIES AND STUDIES OF INDIVIDUALS NOTE: Obituaries are the sole source of biographical background for many women geologists. For additional citations, consult GEOLOGISTS AND THE HISTORY OF GEOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FROM THE ORIGINS TO 1978, by William A.S. Sarjeant (7 vols., New York: Arno Press, 1980), and SUPPLEMENT, 1979-1984 AND ADDITIONS (Malabar, FL: R.E. Krieger, 1987). In NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN, edited by Edward T. James et al. (3 vols., Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971), see the entry for Florence Bascom, and in NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN: THE MODERN PERIOD, edited by Barbara Sicherman and Carol Hurd Green (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980), entries for Eleanora Knopf, Tilly Edinger, Winifred Goldring, and Julia Anna Gardner. Patricia Joan Siegel and Kay Thomas Finley's WOMEN IN THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH: AN AMERICAN BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1724- 1979 (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1985) covers eleven women geologists. 690 Adkins, Mary Grace Muse. "Helen Jeanne Plummer (1891-1951)." AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS BULLETIN 38, no.8 (August 1954): 1854-1857. 691 Andrews, S.M. DISCOVERY OF FOSSIL FISHES IN SCOTLAND UP TO 1845. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum, 1982. Treats Lady Eliza Maria Gordon Cumming, pp.72-73. 692 Applin, E.R. "Memorial to Laura Lane Weinzierl." JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 2, no.4 (December 1928): 383. 693 Arnold, Lois Barber. "Florence Bascom and the Exclusion of Women from Earth Science Curriculum Materials." JOURNAL OF GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION 23, no.4 (September 1975): 110-113. 694 Arnold, Lois Barber. "Ida Ogilvie." BARNARD ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 67 (1978): 12-13. 695 Arnold, Lois Barber. "The Wissahickon Controversy: Florence Bascom vs. Her Students." EARTH SCIENCE HISTORY 2, no.2 (1983): 130-142. Chronicles a split between a mentor and her protegees, unusual because all were women. 696 Behre, Charles H., Jr. "Memorial to Mary Welleck Garretson, 1896-1971." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 4 (1975): 72-73. 697 Berdan, Jean M. "Memorial to Esther Richards Applin, 1895-1972." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 4 (1975): 14-18. 698 Buzas, Martin A., and Low, Doris. "Memorial to Ruth Todd, 1913-1984." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 16 (1986). 699 Byers, Virginia, and Osterwald, Doris. "Memorial to Margaret Fuller Boos, 1892-1978." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 11 (1981). 700 Campbell, Catherine C. IAN AND CATHERINE CAMPBELL, GEOLOGISTS: TEACHING, GOVERNMENT SERVICE, EDITING. Berkeley, CA: Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1989. 701 Caster, Kenneth E. "Katherine Van Winkle Palmer, 1895-1982." JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 57, no.5 (September 1983): 1141-1144. Repr. in GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 17 (1987). 702 Christensen, Lawrence O. "Being Special: Women Students at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy." MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW 83, no.1 (1988): 17-35. 703 Christman, Robert A. "Marie B. Pabst (1909-1963)." JOURNAL OF GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION 11, no.3 (September 1963): 94. 704 Copeland, Charles W. "Memorial to Josie Winifred McGlamery, 1887-1977." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 9 (1979). 705 Dietrich, Richard. "Memorial to Anna I. Jonas Stose, 1881-1974." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 6 (1977). 706 Dinely, David L. "Shirley Coryndon, 1926-1976." SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY NEWS BULLETIN no.111 (1977): 39-40. 707 Ellis, Brooks F. "Memorial to Angelina Rose Messina (1910-1968)." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROCEEDINGS FOR 1968 (1971): 212-214. 708 Fahey, Joseph J. "Memorial to Margaret D. Foster, March 4, 1895 - November 5, 1970." AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 56, no.3/4 (March/April 1971): 686-690. 709 Fisher, Donald W. "Memorial to Winifred Goldring, 1888-1971." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 3, (1974): 96-102. 710 Flower, Rousseau H. "Memorial to Helen M. Duncan, 1910-1971." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 5 (1977). 711 Gabunia, L., and Trofimov, B.A. "Vera Gromova, 1891-1973." SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY NEWS BULLETIN no.99 (1973): 64-65. 712 Gershanovich, D. Ye. "Tat'yana Ivanova Gorshkova on Her Ninetieth Birthday." OCEANOLOGY 26, no.3 (December 1986): 405-406. 713 Haff, John C. "Memorial to Mignon Talbot." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROCEEDINGS FOR 1951 (1952): 157-158. 714 Jesperson, Anna. "Memorial to Jewell Jeannette Glass (1888-1966)." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROCEEDINGS FOR 1966 (1968): 225-227. 715 Jesperson, Anna. "Memorial to Marjorie Hooker, 1908-1976." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 8 (1978). 716 Kerr, Paul F. "Memorial to Peggy-Kay Hamilton (1922-1959)." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROCEEDINGS FOR 1959 (1960): 133-136. 717 Knopf, Eleanora Bliss. "Memorial of Florence Bascom." AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 31, no.3/4 (March/April 1946): 168-172. 718 Ladd, Harry S. "Memorial to Julia Anna Gardner (1882-1960)." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROCEEDINGS FOR 1960 (1962): 87-92. 719 Leiser, J.B. "Fanny Carter Edson (1887-1952)." AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS BULLETIN 37, no.5 (May 1953): 1182-1186. 720 Maher, John C. "Esther Richards Applin (1895-1972)." AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS BULLETIN 57, no.3 (March 1973): 596-597. 721 Mayer, Dale C. "Not One to Stay at Home: The Papers of Lou Henry Hoover." PROLOGUE 19, no.2 (1987): 85-93. Wife of President Herbert Hoover and the first woman in the United States to be granted a degree in geology. 722 Meadowcroft, Barbara. "Alice Wilson, 1881-1964: Explorer of the Earth Beneath Her Feet." In DESPITE THE ODDS: ESSAYS ON CANADIAN WOMEN AND SCIENCE, ed. by Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley, pp.204-219. Montreal: Vehicule Press; Buffalo, NY: U.S. distributor, University of Toronto Press, 1990. 723 Nicholson, Alexander. "Louise Jordan (1908-1966)." AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS BULLETIN 52, no.10 (October 1968): 2058-2059. 724 Oros, Margaret O. "Memorial to Virginia Harriett Kline (1910-1959)." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROCEEDINGS FOR 1960 (1962): 115-117. 725 Packer, Duane R., and Dickinson, William R., and Nichols, Kathryn M. "Memorial to Marjorie K. Korringa, 1943-1974." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 6 (1977). 726 Palmer, Katherine Van Winkle. "Dorothy K. Palmer, 1897-1947." JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 22, no. 4 (July 1948): 518-519. 727 Patterson, Bryan. "Margaret Jean Ringier Hough, 1903-1961." SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY NEWS BULLETIN 62 (1961): 36. 728 Paull, Rachel K., and Paull, Richard A. "Memorial to Katherine Greacen Nelson, 1913-1982." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 15 (1985). 729 Phelps, Miriam E. "Memorial to Eleanor Seely Salmon, 1910-1984." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 17 (1987). 730 Reeds, Charles A. "Memorial to Carlotta Joaquina Maury." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROCEEDINGS FOR 1938 (1939): 157-168. 731 Rodgers, John. "Memorial to Eleanora Bliss Knopf, 1883-1974." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 6 (1977). 732 Romer, Alfred S. "Memorial [to Augusta Hasslock Kemp]." JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY 38, no. 5 (1964): 1008. 733 Romer, Alfred S. "Tilly Edinger, 1897-1967." SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY NEWS BULLETIN no. 81 (1967): 51-53. 734 Sayre, A. Nelson. "Julia Anna Gardner (1882-1960)." BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS 45 (August 1961): 1418-1421. 735 Schwartzwalder, Karl. "Memorial of Helen Blair Bartlett, December 14, 1901 - August 25, 1969." AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 56, no.3/4 (March/April 1971): 668-670. 736 Seward, A. C. "Ruth Holden (1890-1917)." NEW PHYTOLOGIST 16 (1917): 154-156. 737 Shang Rongguang, and Guo Meini. "The Path Less Traveled: A Woman Geologist." BEIJING REVIEW 33 (July 23, 1990): 30-32. 738 Simpson, Joanne. "Meteorologist." In SUCCESSFUL WOMEN IN THE SCIENCES: AN ANALYSIS OF DETERMINANTS, ed. by Ruth B. Kundsin, pp.41-46. (ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 208; 1973.) Repr. with title, WOMEN AND SUCCESS: THE ANATOMY OF ACHIEVEMENT. New York: Morrow, 1974. 739 Sinclair, G. Winston. "Memorial to Alice G. Wilson (1881-1964)." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 77 (July/December 1966): P215-P218. 740 Smith, Isabel Fothergill. THE STONE LADY: A MEMOIR OF FLORENCE BASCOM. Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College, 1981. 741 Spieker, Edmund M. "Memorial to Grace Anne Stewart, 1893-1970." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMORIALS 2 (1973): 110-114. 742 Teas, L. P. "Alva Christine Ellisor (1892-1964)." AMERICAN ASSOCIAION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS BULLETIN 49, no. 4 (April 1965): 467-471. 743 Teitz, Joyce. "Oceanographer: Sylvia A. Earl." In WHAT'S A NICE GIRL LIKE YOU DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?, by Joyce Teitz, pp.100-123. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972. 744 Tharp, Marie, and Frankel, Henry. "Mappers of the Deep." NATURAL HISTORY 95, no.10 (1986): 49-62. Tharp was co-discoverer of the rift valley in the mid-Atlantic Ridge. 745 Watson, Edward H. "Geology, Florence Bascom, and Ida Ogilvie." BRYN MAWR ALUMNAE BULLETIN 46 (1945): 11-14. 746 White, Alice. "Billie R. Untermann, 1906-1973." SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY NEWS BULLETIN no.99 (1973): 65-66. 747 Wood, Elizabeth A. "Memorial to Ida Helen Ogilvie (1874-1963)." GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 75 (1964): P35-P39.
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