Abstract:The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is celebrating women and girls in geoscience and in celebrating the 60 th anniversary of the IUGS, we must applaud those women who have pioneered the work of the International Union of Geosciences. Between 1976to 1980 was President of the IUGS and William Watt Hutchison (Canada), its Secretary General and later President (1984President ( -1987. Hutchison appointed Canadian Vera Lafferty to his Secretariat under the auspices of the Geological Survey of Canad… Show more
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