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Not so Quiet Persuasion: The Canon of Women in the Geological Sciences

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Turner, S. Not so Quiet Persuasion: The Canon of Women in the Geological Sciences. Metasci 18, 405–412 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-009-9292-8

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