Glamour and Geology Women in Petroleum Geology and Popular Culture /

During the twentieth century, especially during World War II, female geologists were potrayed as having a glamourous and unique job. Newspapers, the oil industry, and other publications published stories about the glamorous working geologist, comparing them to movie stars and scientists working on t...

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Hovedforfatter: Driggers, E. Allen (Author)
Institution som forfatter: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Udgivelse:1st ed. 2024.
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Online adgang:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64525-9
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Chapter 1. Imagination and History
  • Chapter 2. Augusta Thekla Hasslock Kemp: Woman of “Accomplishment” and the Pre-Glamour Geologist
  • Chapter 3. “Women Will Win” Geology and Careers for Women in the World Wars
  • Chapter 4. World War II Glamour: The Image of the Female Geologist, and the Newspaper Pin-up
  • Chapter 5. Microscopes and the Post-War: “Women at Work”
  • Chapter 6. The Pressure of Doing it All: “Glamour Girls,” Imagination, and Identity In Post-War Petroleum Industries
  • Chapter 7. “Mobilogue:” Women, the Office, and the Oil Industry: Women’s Changing Place in the Office
  • Chapter 8. Identities, Politics, and Culture in Flux: Bodily Autonomy, Political Rights, the ERA, and Breaking from Established Narratives
  • Chapter 9. Resistance, Discrimination, and the New Glamour
  • Chapter 10. Glamour Returns: Images, Heroics, Dolls, But Far From An Ending.