Women in American Cartography - An Invisible Social History

Major histories of cartography have, until recently, ignored women's contributions to mapmaking and the assumption was that women played no role. Women in American Cartography examines the work of over fifty American women cartographers from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century.

Sommario

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Women in the History of Cartography

Chapter One: Pedagogues and Students

Chapter Two: Activists, Persuaders, and Travelers

Chapter Three: Pictorial and Illustrative Cartographers

Chapter Four: Millie the Mapper and Maps of WWII

Chapter Five: Academic Women: Professors and Researchers

Chapter Six: Government Girls and Company Women

Conclusion

Schools with 3M Training

Cartography Dissertations and Theses by Women, 1966-1982

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Info autore

By Judith Tyner

Riassunto

Major histories of cartography have, until recently, ignored women’s contributions to mapmaking and the assumption was that women played no role. Women in American Cartography examines the work of over fifty American women cartographers from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Judith Tyner
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.07.2021
• EAN: 9781498548311
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4831-1
• Pagine: 150
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Women, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Historical Geography