Sally Strange<p>Esther Richards Applin was the first person to propose that geological stratigraphy could be read using the fossilized remains of protozoa called Foraminiferida. Naturally, being a woman, she was derided before her insight gave rise to a whole new field in geology, and credit was later shifted from her and her female colleagues to a group of men. </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScienceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceHistory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/HistoryOfGeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfGeology</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2021/09/10/forgotten-women-of-paleontology-esther-richards-applin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paleonerdish.wordpress.com/202</span><span class="invisible">1/09/10/forgotten-women-of-paleontology-esther-richards-applin/</span></a></p><p>This post blatantly stolen from the "History of Geology" account on mstdn.social, who responds with irrational anger to requests for accessibility and descriptive text.</p>