This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of womenwho played a critical role in the development of geography as anacademic field.
* A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970
* Includes oral histories from women who have held appointmentsin British universities since World War II
* Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges thenotion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculinefield
* Makes an important contribution to debates about thetheoretical and methodological framing of the historiography ofgeography