Once we begin to give it this scrutiny, immediate questions emerge. Do we always need to emphasize, for instance, that Anne Phillips was working “under her brother’s instructions” (Morgan,2007: 265)? Might we not argue, instead, that she – like any self-respecting geologist – was wor...
5 This essay has only been a suggestion of what might be possible should we stop viewing women through the lens of “wife,”“sister,” and “daughter.” There is still much work to do, even on Charlotte Murchison. Nobody has assessed, for instance, her many contributions toTheSilurian S...