Sally Strange on Nostr: Esther Richards Applin was the first person to propose that geological stratigraphy ...

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.

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https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2021/09/10/forgotten-women-of-paleontology-esther-richards-applin/

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.