TrowelBlazers
Abbreviation | TB |
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Formation | 2019 |
Type | Learned society |
Purpose | Women archaeologists, palaeontologists and geologists |
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Leader |
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Website | trowelblazers |
TrowelBlazers is a project aimed at increasing the representation of women in the fields of archaeology, geology and palaeontology. The project is run by Brenna Hasset, Victoria Herridge, and Rebecca Wragg Sykes.[1]
Blog[]
TrowelBlazers began as a blog dedicated to women archaeologists, palaeontologists and geologists. As of 2019 the website hosted over 200 biographies.[2] The project originated in a conversation on Twitter, and is noted for utilising a range of digital technologies, including crowdfunding, blogging, digital and print media.[2]
Fossil Hunter Lottie[]
The TrowelBlazers team co-designed Fossil Hunter Lottie, a palaeontologist doll.[3]
Raising Horizons exhibition[]
An exhibition of photographs, entitled Raising Horizons, taken by Leonora Saunders showcased the diversity of archaeology and geoscience. The exhibition contained portraits of 14 contemporary female scientists, dressed as their historical counterpart. The exhibition displayed at the Geological Society in 2017 and 2019,[4] the British Science Festival, the University Women's Club, London, the Alexander Keiller Museum and the Women Firsts Reception, UK Parliament.[5]
TrowelBlazers[]
Trowel-blazing women featured on the website include:[6]
A-C[]
- Leslie Aiello
- Bridget Allchin
- Lucy Allen
- Ella Al-Shamahi
- Elizabeth Anderson Gray
- Mary Anning
- Zonia Baber
- Lady Mary Bailey
- M. Louise Baker
- Elizabeth Baldwin Garland
- Florence Bascom
- Dorothea Bate
- Elise Baumgartel
- Kay Behrensmeyer
- Gertrude Bell
- Etheldred Benett
- Margaret Benson
- Sally Binford
- Caroline Birley
- Nicole Boivin
- Harriet Boyd Hawes
- Linda Braidwood
- Adela Breton
- Titia Brongersma
- Peggy Brunache
- Winifred Brunton
- Mary Buckland
- Mary Butler
- Halet Çambel
- Beatrice de Cardi, OBE
- Marie Carmichael Stopes
- Gertrude Caton Thompson
- Constanza Ceruti
- Agatha Christie
- Mary Chubb
- Cornelia Clermont Cameron
- Isabel Clifton Cookson
- Madeleine Colani
- Jane Colwell-Danis
- Margaret Conkey
- Helena of Constantinople
- Agnes Conway Horsfield
- Gudrun Corvinus
- Molly Cotton
- Rosemary Cramp
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
- Maud Cunnington
- Ethel Currie
- Maria Antonina Czaplicka
D-G[]
- Princess Dashkova
- Hester Davis
- Mary Dawson
- Frederica de Laguna
- Jane Dieulafoy
- Emily Dix
- Jane Donald Longstaff
- Henrietta Drake-Brockman
- Angela von den Driesch
- Lindsay Eaves
- Tilly Edinger
- Amelia Edwards
- Dianne Edwards
- Mary Ross Ellingson
- Marina Elliott
- Claire Epstein
- Ufuk Esin
- Shahina Farid
- Elen Feuerriegel
- Lady Aileen Fox
- Honor Frost
H-L[]
- Laila Haglund
- Katerina Harvati
- Emilie Haspels
- Barbara Hastings
- Nancy Hatch Dupree
- Jacquetta Hawkes
- Dorothy Hill
- Mary Horner Lyell
- Hildegarde Howard
- Annette Laming
- Nina Layard
- Mary Leakey
- Maeve Leakey
- Inge Lehmann
- Dorothy Liddell
- Glenys Lloyd-Morgan
- Nieves López Martínez
M-P[]
- Christian Maclagan
- Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert
- Isabel McBryde
- Johanna Mestorf
- Elaine Morgan
- Hannah Morris
- Charlotte Murchison
- Margaret Murray
- Tina Negus
- Zelia Nutall
- Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe
- Women of the Palestine Exploration Fund
- Sarah Parcak
- Bertha “Birdie” Parker
- Becca Peixotto
- Hilda Petrie
- Anne Phillips
- Elizabeth Philpot
- Annie Pirie Quibell
- Joan du Plat Taylor
- Tatiana Proskouriakoff
- Galina Pugachenkova
Q-S[]
T-Z[]
- Maisie Taylor
- Marie Tharp
- Marguerite Thomas Williams
- Ruth Tringham
- Olga Tufnell
- Blaire Van Valkenburgh
- Helen Vaughn Michel
- Mary Vaux Walcott (Burgess Shale Trowelblazers)
- Patricia Vinnicombe
- Elisabeth Vrba
- (Burgess Shale Trowelblazers)
- (Burgess Shale Trowelblazers)
- Frances Wagner
- Patty Jo Watson
- Elizabeth Wayland Barber
- Lisa White
- Joan Wiffen
- Audrey Williams
- Alice Wilson
- Mary “Polly” Winearls Porter
- Ann Wintle
- Mary Ann Woodhouse Mantell
- Hannah Marie Wormington
- Katharine Woolley
References[]
- ^ "About | TrowelBlazers". Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ a b Cook, Katherine (2019). "EmboDIYing Disruption: Queer, Feminist and Inclusive Digital Archaeologies". European Journal of Archaeology. 22 (3): 398–414. doi:10.1017/eaa.2019.23. ISSN 1461-9571.
- ^ "Fossil Hunter Lottie Doll". Lottie Dolls - UK Store. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ "The Geological Society of London - Raising Horizons Photography Exhibition". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ "Raising Horizons | About". raisinghorizons.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ "Articles". TrowelBlazers. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
Further reading[]
- Wragg-Sykes, B., Herridge, V., Hassett, B. R., & Pilaar-Birch, S. 2013. A Splendid Regiment of Women: 20th century research networks among women scientists in archaeology, geology and palaeontology. In S. Charman-Anderson (Ed.), A Passion For Science. London: Finding Ada Project.
- Hassett, Brenna, Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Victoria Herridge, and Rebecca Wragg Sykes. 2018. TrowelBlazers: accidentally crowdsourcing an archive of women in archaeology. In Shared Knowledge, Shared Power, pp. 129-141. Springer, Cham.
- Hassett, Brenna R., Victoria L. Herridge, Rebecca M. Wragg Sykes, and Suzanne Pilaar Birch. 2019. Activism from the Archives: Changing Narratives to Engage New Communities."In Transforming Heritage Practice in the 21st Century, pp. 399-413. Springer, Cham.
External links[]
- Archaeological organizations
- Organizations established in 2019
- 2019 establishments in England