PROWESS In the News

The options for female geologists might not have matched those of their male counterparts in the 1930s and ‘40s, but for some women – they were opportunities nonetheless – and they deserved chasing. Helen Laura Foster, an AAPG member who is now 94, took full advantage of those opportunities.

AAPG is working to include our female colleagues in many levels of leadership within our organization, but there is still a lot left to do.

18 percent of AAPG members are women, up from 10 percent in 2006.

Ruth Schmidt, one of the first 100 women members of AAPG, is celebrated for her brilliant and adventurous career geologic career.

Heather McArdle, geosciences teacher at Mahopac High School in Mahopac, N.Y., won the AAPG Foundation’s Teacher of the Year Award for her renowned creativity and classroom dedication. 

With AAPG’s 100-year anniversary now just three years away, the AAPG’s PROWESS Committee (Professional Women in Earth Sciences) is creating a way to recognize and honor pioneer women who were vitally important to AAPG, the profession and the industry.

Marie Gramann, a 65-year member of AAPG, decided at the young age of 13 that she was going to be a geologist.

One AAPG member uses her personal touch to grow AAPG’s international presence.