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Film: Picture a Scientist (2020) documentary about the experience of women in STEM. Featuring Dr. Jane Willenbring, a prominent geoscientist, who experienced egregious harassment by her graduate advisor during field work.


Journal Articles


On the Web

The Woman Who Transformed How We Teach Geography By Leila McNeill (2018) - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/woman-who-transformed-how-we-teach-geography-180967859/

Pioneering woman who mapped the ocean floor - 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/13/terrawatch-kate-ravilious-marie-tharp-mid-atlantic-ridge?fbclid=IwAR2pqwetSgbaEQoIaCIMICtfZwFV8sOk1akeO98cDSepq_-Y8lpUv8xcPto

MapLab: When Women Map the World - 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-14/maplab-when-women-map-the-world 

Meet Dr. Gladys West, the hidden figure behind your phone’s GPS - 

https://massivesci.com/articles/science-heroes-gps-hidden-figures-scientist-women-physics-math/?utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Science%20Heroes%20(Weekend%20Reads%2006-05)%20&utm_content=New%20Heroes%20of%20Science&fbclid=IwAR3kPoDzRE

City of Women - 

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/city-of-women?

Who Maps the World? - 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-14/why-equitable-maps-are-more-accurate-and-humane

Mapping the Sexism of City Street Names -

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-04/mapping-the-sexism-of-street-names-in-major-cities