TrowelBlazers began as a blog dedicated to women archaeologists, palaeontologists and geologists. As of 2019, the website hosted over 200 biographies.[2] The project originated in a conversation on Twitter, and is noted for utilising a range of digital technologies, including crowdfunding, blogging, digital and print media.[2] Members of TrowelBlazers have writtern for media outlets such as The Guardian, the BBC History Magazine, and CNN.[3][4]
An exhibition of photographs, entitled Raising Horizons, taken by Leonora Saunders showcased the diversity of archaeology and geoscience. The exhibition contained portraits of 14 contemporary female scientists, dressed as their historical counterpart. The exhibition displayed at the Geological Society in 2017 and 2019,[6] the British Science Festival, the University Women's Club, London, the Alexander Keiller Museum and the Women Firsts Reception, UK Parliament.[7]
TrowelBlazers
Trowel-blazing women featured on the website include:[8]
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Further reading
Wragg-Sykes, B., Herridge, V., Hassett, B. R., & Pilaar-Birch, S. 2013. A Splendid Regiment of Women: 20th century research networks among women scientists in archaeology, geology and palaeontology. In S. Charman-Anderson (Ed.), A Passion For Science. London: Finding Ada Project.
Hassett, Brenna, Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Victoria Herridge, and Rebecca Wragg Sykes. 2018. TrowelBlazers: accidentally crowdsourcing an archive of women in archaeology. In Shared Knowledge, Shared Power, pp. 129–141. Springer, Cham.
Hassett, Brenna R., Victoria L. Herridge, Rebecca M. Wragg Sykes, and Suzanne Pilaar Birch. 2019. Activism from the Archives: Changing Narratives to Engage New Communities."In Transforming Heritage Practice in the 21st Century, pp. 399–413. Springer, Cham.
