Complex locations women's geographical work in the UK, 1850-1970 - Maddrell, Avril (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-391) and index
This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field.: A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970; Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II; Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field; Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historio