The School of Earth Science is very proud to have been apart of Florence Bascom's incredible career and life. She notably trained Anna Jonas Stose, Louise Kingsley, Katherine Fowler Billings, Eleanora Bliss Knopf, Mary Porter, Julia Gardner, Maria Stadnichenko, Ida Ogilvie, Dorothy Wyckoff, Anna Heitonen, and Isabel Fothergill Smith. Bascom made sure her legacy would survive the times, as she spent countless hours training future women geologists, encouraging hundreds to join the field. She is buried at the Williams College cemetery.ĭr. Florence passed away of a stroke on Jat the age of 82. Florence Bascom, a trailblazer in many ways, was also the first female geologist to present a paper to the Geological Society of Washington, the first woman elected to the council of the Geological Society of America, eventually becoming the first female officer of the society. She later went on to become the first woman to work at the United States Geological Survey until her retirement in 1926ĭr. She left Ohio State to teach and conduct research at Bryn Mawr College. Florence had vast research interests including mineralogy, petrology, crystallography, acidic volcanoes, and cycles of erosion. Orton Hall was built the same year she began teaching. She was the first professor of geology at Ohio State. through her father, Bascom taught at The Ohio State University from 1893-1895. Because of a connection to Edward Orton Sr. She had a successful career as a researcher and educator. She was only the second woman to obtain a Ph.D. This has led her to become the Pioneer of Women Geologists. Geology at this time was 99% male-dominated, and she faced challenges in pursuing her career, but she never gave up. While there she was forced to attend class behind a screen away from the men in the class.
Van Hise both of the United States Geological Survey. This is where her interest in geology truly sparked, and she continued on to earn a Masters of Science degree under Roland Duer Irving and Charles R. She and her four siblings were raised progressively as their family supported women's rights and education which at this time was not widely accepted.įlorence lived a happy childhood, and in 1880 she entered the University of Wisconsin, first earning a degree in Arts and Letters, and then in 1884 a Bachelor of Science degree with coursework in geology.
Her father was a professor at Williams College and her mother was active in the suffrage movement. Florence Bascom was born July 14, 1862, in Williamstown, Massachusetts to John and Emma Curtiss Bascom. Florence Bascom, as well as past, present, and future women in the School of Earth Sciences.ĭr. In honor of this celebration of the fortitude, resilience, and courage in every woman we salute Dr. Today, March 8th, 2021 marks International Women's Day. "Not only must a girl have a mental aptitude for scientific research but also physical strength and great physical courage"
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