70: Feminism and Fossils

Finding fossils frequently for financial funding was Mary Anning’s sole source of income for most of her life, but she didn’t just find and sell fossils - she was one of the most accomplished palaeontologists of her time. Unfortunately she was also a woman, more specifically a woman from a lower class background, which meant that she did not receive the formal recognition she deserved in her lifetime.You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon:http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading  https://www.famousscientists.org/mary-anning/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Anning https://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/collection/mary-anning/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mary-anning-unsung-hero.html https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/when-was-first-dinosaur-discovered/ http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2016/09/ancient-egyptians-collected-fossils.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/question609.htm Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk