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MaryAnning (1799-1847)
Mary came from a poor family who lived in 
Lyme Regis, a coastal town in the South West 
of England. Her father tried to make extra 
money by selling fossils (remains in rocks) to 
rich tourists.(Consequent^ Mary and her
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siblings learned from an early age how to look 
for fossils, although she was the only one of 
the brothers and sisters who became an expert 
because she understood that fossils were of 
interest to geology and biology, not just tourism. 
However, in her lifetime she did not always get 
the credit she deserved, as it was male geologists 
who published the descriptions of any finds. Her 
important finds include the first skeleton of an 
ichthyosaur, or fish-lizard, a plesiosaur, also known 
as sea-dragon, and a pterodactyl, a 'flying dragon'.
Collecting fossils on the cliffs was dangerous 
work. Mary's dog Tray was killed when rocks 
and earth fell down a cliff, and she nearly lost 
her life in the same landslide, but in the end it 
was cancer that killed her when she was 47.
Dorothea Bate (1878-1951)
Born in the Welsh countryside, she had a 
passion for outdoor pursuits and natural history
from an early age. She became the first female 
scientist in the Natural History museum in 
London. She was a palaeontologist, that is, 
a scientist who studies fossils in order to 
understand the history of life on earth. She went 
to mountains and cliffs in the Mediterranean 
and explored hilltops in Bethlehem, discovering 
and documenting animal fossils. She wrote 
hundreds of reports, reviews and papers.
Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969)
Although Evelyn wanted to become a veterinary 
surgeon, this was not possible for women in 
the early 20th century. Instead, she trained as 
a canine nurse. Her first job, however, was not 
related to dogs: she worked in the insect house 
at the London Zoological society. She was very 
adventurous and went on many expeditions to 
remote locations, as far away as the Galapagos 
Islands. Despite being very busy, she managed 
to publish 16 books.

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