Discovering Dorothea. The Life of the Pioneering Fossil-Hunter Dorothea Bate.

SHINDLER, Karolyn. (Signed).:

ISBN 10: 0002571382 / ISBN 13: 9780002571388

Published by London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005

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1st edition. "In 1898, a 19 year-old girl marched into the Natural History Museum in South Kensington and demanded a job. At the time, no women were employed there as scientists, but for the determined Dorothea Bate this was the first step in an extraordinary career as a pioneering explorer and fossil-hunter and the beginning of an association with the Museum that was to last for more than fifty years." Pp.x/390, 16 black & white photo illustrations + 4 maps, inscribed by the author "To dear Douglas with the fondest of memories. Love Karolyn" to the title page. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has crease to top front edge and small tear to top front corner but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+. Seller Inventory # 41040

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Title: Discovering Dorothea. The Life of the ...

Publisher: London: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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‘Karolyn Shindler has rescued a remarkable woman from undeserved obscurity. Dorothea Bate was a pioneer palaeontologist and fearless explorer, who excavated remote caves on the Mediterranean islands at a time when women were still struggling to be taken seriously as scientists. She made known to the world extraordinary tiny hippopotamuses, weird elephants and the 'goaty animal with ratlike teeth' Myotragus. Shindler's excellent book serves to illuminate not only the travails of fieldwork a century ago, but also the problems faced by women seeking to carve out their own intellectual space in the sometimes stifling atmosphere of respectable Britain. A compelling read.’ – Richard Fortey