Synopses & Reviews
Most of us know about Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking work with African chimpanzees and Kathryn Sullivan’s remarkable career as an astronaut. But few people are aware of the amazing achievements of women like Marguerite Harrison, world traveler and international spy in the 1920s; Sally Clark, a big-game hunter in the 1930s who donated her finds to science; and Jeanne Gurnee, a prominent speleologist in the 1950s and 1960s. They Made Their Mark covers the wide spectrum of women’s curiosity in the fields of art, science, and culture, and chronicles the history of The Society of Woman Geographers—from its first meeting in 1925 to today.
They Made Their Mark tells the inspiring story of the Society’s members—whether anthropologists, geologists, journalists, biologists, archaeologists, oceanographers, economists, diplomats, explorers, ecologists, or actual geographers—who have long met regularly to share their discoveries and adventures. With many rare photographs and illustrations from the Society’s archives, it fills a vital gap in history by spotlighting the long overlooked accomplishments of some of the brightest, and bravest, women the world has ever known.
Synopsis
They Made Their Mark covers the wide spectrum of women's curiosity in the fields of art, science and culture and chronicles the history of the Society of Woman Geographers--from the first meeting in 1925 to today.
About the Author
Jane Eppinga is the author of eight books, including Henry Ossian Flipper: West Point’s First Black Graduate and Arizona Twilight Tales. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section I: The 1920s and the Society of Woman Geographers Founders
Chapter 1. Marguerite Harrison
Chapter 2. Blair Niles
Chapter 3 Gertrude Mathews Shelby
Chapter 4. Gertrude Emerson Sen
Chapter 5 Carolyn Mytinger
Chapter 6. Annie Smith Peck
Section II: The 1930s Women make their stamp on Society through their Actions (Amelia Earhart) and their Voices (Pearl Buck)
Chapter 7. Pearl Buck
Chapter 8. Amelia Earhart
Chapter 9. Fay Gillis Well
Chapter.10. Malvina Hoffman
Chapter 11. Sally Clark
Section III: The 1940s and 1950s Women Make Their Mark on World Cultures and the Environment
Chapter 12. Te Ata
Chapter 13. Rachel Carson
Chapter 14 Ann Cottrell Free
Chapter 15. Edith Jackie” Ronne
Section IV: The 1960s Through the 1980s
Chapter 16. Betsy White
Chapter 17. Elizabeth Knowlton
Chapter 18 Grace Barstow Murphy
Chapter 19 Margaret Mead
Chapter 20 Doris L. Rich
Section V. The 1990s
Chapter 21. Marie Tharp
Chapter 22. Sylvia Alice Earle
Chapter 23. Jeanne Gurnee
Chapter 24. Kathryn D. Sullivan
Chapter 25 Carolyn OBagy Davis
Section VI: The 2000 Decade and the Modern Woman Geographers Modern geographers are concerned with conservation, international law, population etc. as they travel our lovely lonely planet
Chapter 26. Joan Koven
Chapter 27. Sandra Nichols
Chapter 28. Elizabeth Brownstein
Chapter 29 Ann Hawthorne
Chapter 30. Jane Goodall
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction