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.
Dr Kathryn D Sullivan
American geologist, former NASA astronaut, and oceanographer
Mary Andrews
Irish geologist
Tilly Edinger
Prominent Jewish German-American paleontologist.
Marie Tharp
Marie Tharp was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. In the 1950s, she worked with geologist Bruce Heezen to make the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
Dorothy Hill
Dorothy Hill was Research Professor of Geology, University of Queensland 1959-1972 and served for six months as President of the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra in 1970. She was the first female elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and published widely on palaeontology, stratigraphy and geology.
Dr Daphne Pochin Mould
Irish geologist, author, photographer and flight instructor
Doris Reynolds
Irish geologist
Dr Megan Clark
Dr Megan Clark was appointed to the Board of Rio Tinto and stepped down as Chief Executive of CSIRO 20 November 2014.