
In 1893, Florence Bascom did the unthinkable: she earned a Ph.D. in geology from Johns Hopkins University, becoming the first woman to break through the impenetrable walls of American scientific academia. She was forced to attend lectures from behind a screen, but she refused...

In 1893, Florence Bascom did the unthinkable: she earned a Ph.D. in geology from Johns Hopkins University, becoming the first woman to break through the impenetrable walls of American scientific academia. She was forced to attend lectures from behind a screen, but she refused...