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RE: The Jurassic Coast Field Trip
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(edited)You are absolutely correct! That "on a clock" thing is making important impact in my life. All for the better!
Have you heard of Mary Anning? If not, I am sure you have heard of the rhyme
"She collects seashells at the sea shore...."
She is widely considered the most prolific Paleontologist of all times! She was born and worked there.......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning
I need to write about her life sometime. What a remarkable lady she was! The funny thing is that she was denied the membership of the Royal Geological Society in those days only because she was a woman! :)
https://www.giantjourneys.co.uk/2026/04/02/mary-anning-dinosaur-workshop/
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Thank you for that! What a remarkable life. Although I am a passionate feminist (in the old sense--wanting equal rights, not all the new issues recently incorporated into the movement) I think being a woman was the least of her difficulties. She was lucky to be alive at all. The odds of losing her in childhood or after (given her dangerous foraging exploits) were quite high.
Wow. I always appreciate my good fortune in life, but reading that bio really makes me pause and appreciate just how lucky I am.
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