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The first women at the South Pole were Pamela Young, Jean Pearson, Lois Jones, Eileen McSaveney, Kay Lindsay and Terry Tickhill on 12 November 1969. Rear Admiral David F. Welch is in the middle. This is a Timeline of women in Antarctica.
Many early women on Antarctica were the wives of explorers. [7] Some women worked with Antarctica from afar, crafting policies for a place they had never seen. [2] Women who wished to have larger roles in Antarctica and on the continent itself had to "overcome gendered assumptions about the ice and surmount bureaucratic inertia". [8]
This is a list of Antarctic women. It includes explorers, researchers, educators, administrators and adventurers. It includes explorers, researchers, educators, administrators and adventurers. They are arranged by the country of their latest citizenship rather than by country of birth.
The first women at the South Pole are Pam Young, Jean Pearson, Lois Jones, Eileen McSaveney, Kay Lindsay and Terry Tickhill. Women did not explore Antarctica until well into the 1950s. A few pioneering women visited the Antarctic land and waters prior to the 1950s and many women requested to go on early expeditions, but were turned away. [141]
For decades, Antarctica has been a masculine realm in popular imagination. These female scientists and explorers are trying to change that. Breaking the Ice Ceiling: The Women Working in ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:People of Antarctica. It includes People of Antarctica that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
Monahon, 35, is one of many women who say the isolated environment and macho culture at the United States research center in Antarctica have allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish.
Run Antarctica was launched to increase awareness for young women who find sporting environments stressful or intimidating, and she has set a target of raising 1.5 million Australian dollars ...