Women in glaciology, a historical perspective

Hulbe, Christina L.; Wang, Weili; Ommanney, C. Simon L.

doi:10.3189/002214311796406202

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“…Women's participation in polar research has grown steadily as cultural and institutional barriers to their participation have decreased (Rosner 2009;Hulbe et al 2010;Carey et al 2016). However, in spite of decades of progress, including women's ascension to leadership at key institutions, challenges persist.…”

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Revisiting perceptions and evolving culture: a community dialogue on women in polar research

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Women have made outstanding contributions to polar research in recent decades, though full engagement may be hindered by persistent inequities, including notably the prevalence of workplace harassment. Remote field settings, such as those pervasive in polar research, have been identified as particularly susceptible to cultures of harassment. It was therefore timely at the Polar 2018 Open Science Conference in Davos, Switzerland, to convene a discussion focused on women's perspectives and experiences. A panel discussion-"From Entering the Field to Taking the Helm: Perspectives of Women in Polar Research"-took place on 20 June 2018 and featured five women undertaking work from marine biotechnology to organizational leadership, across career levels. Over 300 conference attendees joined the lunchtime panel. The panellists' perspectives on historical barriers, current challenges and future prospects revealed that while challenges persist, experiences vary greatly. Audience engagement underscored the need to sustain dialogue at polar meetings, to bring visibility to the statistics related to workplace harassment and to encourage polar science organizations to assume leadership on promoting equitable workplace culture.

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“…Osborne, 2013), and who started their research career in 1929 at the latest. From the 1920s universities and associations still inaccessible to women were an exception and no longer the norm, at least in the industrialised world (Hulbe et al, 2010).…”

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“…Last name 2 First name References (marriage) Elles -Gertrude L. Ogilvie and Harvey (2000); Higgs and Jackson (2007); Burek (2014); Tubb and Burek (2019) Ellisor -Alva C. Ogilvie and Harvey (2000); Rossiter (1982); Gries (2017) Eyton -Charlotte Ogilvie and Harvey (2000); Creese and Creese (1994) Fairfax Somerville Mary Ogilvie and Harvey (2000); Hulbe et al (2010); Higgs and Jackson (2007); Hart (2007) Higgs and Jackson (2007); Ogilvie and Harvey (2000); Jackson (2009); Creese and Creese (1994)…”

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“…From 1869 British universities started granting access to women but not necessarily awarding degrees, like Oxford andCambridge (until 1923 partially and1948 fully;Fraser andCleal, 2007, citing Schmid, 2001). From 1904 to 1907, women studying there went to Trinity College in Dublin to get degrees (they were called "steamboat ladies"; Hulbe et al, 2010). And in reaction to universities refusing to open their doors to women, some women-only colleges were founded: in the United Kingdom Bedford College as soon as 1849; Newnham College in Cambridge in 1871 (see e.g.…”

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“…In the 1920s most remaining universities started admitting women when female education started to be encouraged by many governments, at least in Europe, with different motivations, including the lack of men following WWI (Hulbe et al, 2010;Gries, 2017) and the Soviet Revolution in the USSR.…”

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Reclaiming the memory of pioneer female geologists 1800–1929

Vincent

2020

Adv. Geosci.

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Abstract. Female earth scientists existed in the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century in a number exceeding what we generally imagine. In this paper I present information on 210 of them who were active from 1800 to 1929. These women often overcame great challenges to achieve their positions, sometimes only to have their work attributed to men they worked with or for. Gender discrimination made access to university difficult and access to scientific careers even harder. They found several ways to overcome these difficulties thanks to the support of their parents or to the more ambiguous support of husbands or academic male mentors, through staying single, and through teamwork and mentorship with other women. In the same way many past female artists have been recently rediscovered, women scientists are progressively being saved from the dustbin of history, a huge task that has already been undertaken by several researchers. In addition to the review of their research, a fresh contribution to this collective work in progress is made with the presentation of hydrogeologist Norah Dowell Stearns. Finally, some reflections and suggestions are included on how we could fight this oblivion to which their work, their personalities and modern research on them are subject to.

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Foundational women in planetary geomorphology: Some contributions in fluvial, aeolian, and (cryo)volcanic subdisciplines

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Despite undeserved challenges to participation in the field of planetary geomorphology, women have made significant contributions in the fluvial, aeolian, and (cryo)volcanic subdisciplines. In this work, some women-in particular, women of color-are highlighted to show a part of these foundational contributions. We focused on women scientists who were working in the latter half of the 20th century, a revolutionary time for terrestrial geomorphology and the inception of the discipline of planetary geomorphology. We also focused on women working in our scientific subdisciplines so that we could provide proper context for their work. These contributions have occurred both as discoveries in terrestrial geomorphology leading to follow-on discoveries in planetary geomorphology and through serving as educators and role models. With women increasingly achieving positions of influence both in the geo-and planetary sciences as in American society, this research allows us to celebrate these contributions of women and particularly women of color while looking forward to a more complete record of their past contributions and greater future achievements.(cryo)volcanism, aeolian, fluvial, planetary, women in geomorphology | INTRODUCTIONUndeserved challenges to their participation notwithstanding, women have repeatedly made foundational contributions to planetary geomorphology. These contributions may go unnoticed for various reasons, as has been documented for terrestrial geologists of the 19th and early 20th centuries (Vincent, 2020). The resulting misimpression-that such individuals, if they existed at all, made only marginal contributions-has recently been shown to be incorrect in the subdisciplines of glaciology (Hulbe et al., 2010), loess studies (Fitzsimmons et al., 2018), terrestrial geomorphology (Sack, 2004) and throughout the geosciences (Vincent, 2020). More generally, women in science are found to be less credited than men because their work is less known, less appreciated, or more ignored (Ross et al., 2022), and women are less likely to be offered speaking opportunites at conferneces (Ford et al., 2018).We here provide an overview of female scientists in three key areas of geomorphological study within a planetary science framework. This overview begins with terrestrial studies in research areas that became important planetary focal research areas, highlighting the work of women who have contributed mightily to the study of planetary geomorphology. These contributions include laying an immediate terrestrial groundwork for planetary studies, conducting planetary studies themselves, and/or serving as educators of geomorphology subdisciplines within underrepresented populations.

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Women in glaciology, a historical perspective

Cited by 22 publications

References 132 publications

Revisiting perceptions and evolving culture: a community dialogue on women in polar research

Revisiting perceptions and evolving culture: a community dialogue on women in polar research

Reclaiming the memory of pioneer female geologists 1800–1929

Foundational women in planetary geomorphology: Some contributions in fluvial, aeolian, and (cryo)volcanic subdisciplines

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