From 1896 to 1908, she was an associate editor of the magazine American Geologist. Geological Survey in 1896, the first woman to be appointed. Geological Survey until 1936.īascom received the position of assistant geologist at the U.S.
Bascom retired from teaching in 1928 but continued to work at the U.S. There she founded the Department of Geology, and started a graduate program that trained many of the first women geologists of the 20th century. Leaving Ohio State University to work at Bryn Mawr College where she could pursue being able to conduct original research, and teach higher level Geology courses. Once completed with her masters she taught mathematics and science at Rockford College from 1887-1889, and later at Ohio State University from 1893 to 1895. She started her college teaching career in 1884 at the Hampton School of Negroes and American Indians (currently known as Hampton University), working there for a year before going back to university of Wisconsin for her masters. She was the second American woman to earn a Ph.D. While studying at Johns Hopkins she was forced to sit behind a screen so as not to disturb the men.
She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D from Johns Hopkins University, which she did in 1893. in 1884 from the University of Wisconsin, and stayed there to obtain her M.S. Her parents were steadfast supporters of women's rights and encouraged women to obtain a college education.įlorence Bascom earned a B.A. Her father, John Bascom, was a professor at Williams College, and later President of University of Wisconsin-Madison and her mother, Emma Curtiss Bascom, was a women's rights activist involved in the suffrage movement. She was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts on July 14, 1862. in any subject area from Johns Hopkins University.įlorence Bascom (J– June 18, 1945) was the first woman hired by the United States Geological Survey, known for her innovative use of petrography in studying crystalline rocks and identifying their origins. university and the first woman receiving a Ph.D. In addition, she was also the first female to obtain a Ph.D. Florence Bascom was the first woman geologist to join the United States Geological Survey.
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