(Adapted from an original by post at Looking for Detachment)
Dr. Cornelia Cameron (as well as her mother) was practically one of the first women to have a real geological career. She was born in 1911 to scientific parents-her father was a professor of natural sciences and a photographer; her mother, Harriet Clearman Cameron, had an M.S. in Geology and had completed courses for a Ph.D. in Botany.
Cornelia herself earned a Ph.D. in Geology in 1940. She went on to work for the US Geological Survey after working commercially for several years and publishing a prolific total of 110 papers as well as winning many awards.
She was regarded as quite a character, and in 1975 was still making trips into the field with her mother. At that time, she was 64, and her mother was 103! Following her mother’s example, she continued fieldwork until a month before her death at the age of 83.
Did we mention “the field” consisted of remote and sometimes even dangerous areas in central America and the Caribbean?
You can find more links about her life and work in the original post.
Written by Silver Fox (@sfoxx)
Edited and posted by Suzie
The original post link doesn’t work. But I am really appreciating this and other posts about women geologists!
We’ve fixed the link-thank you!