Avril Maddrell is a social, cultural and historical geographer, specializing in gender and geographical thought. She has taught at Westminster College in Oxford, the Open University, Oxford Brookes University, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Dr Maddrell's research for this volume has been supported by the British Academy.

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• List of Figures and Tables. Preface.Acknowledgements.1. Putting Women in their Place: Women in the Historiography of Geography.2. Women and British Geographical Societies: Medals, Membership, Inclusion and Exclusion.3. Marion Newbigin and the Liminal Role of the Geographical Editor: Hired Help or Disciplinary Gatekeeper?4. Women Travellers: Inside or Outside the Canon?5. Women in Geographical Education: Demand for Geography Teachers and Teaching by Example.6. Diplomas, Degrees and Appointments: The First Generation of Women Geographers in Academia.7. Fieldwork and War Work: Interwar University Geographers.8. The War Years and Immediate Post-War Period.9. University Expansion, Specialisation and Quantification: 1950–70.10. Conclusion: Mapping the ‘Hidden’ Women in British Geography 1900–70.Notes.Bibliography.Index.

Avril Maddrell is a social, cultural and historical geographer, specializing in gender and geographical thought. She has taught at Westminster College in Oxford, the Open University, Oxford Brookes University, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Dr Maddrell's research for this volume has been supported by the British Academy.

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• List of Figures and Tables. Preface.Acknowledgements.1. Putting Women in their Place: Women in the Historiography of Geography.2. Women and British Geographical Societies: Medals, Membership, Inclusion and Exclusion.3. Marion Newbigin and the Liminal Role of the Geographical Editor: Hired Help or Disciplinary Gatekeeper?4. Women Travellers: Inside or Outside the Canon?5. Women in Geographical Education: Demand for Geography Teachers and Teaching by Example.6. Diplomas, Degrees and Appointments: The First Generation of Women Geographers in Academia.7. Fieldwork and War Work: Interwar University Geographers.8. The War Years and Immediate Post-War Period.9. University Expansion, Specialisation and Quantification: 1950–70.10. Conclusion: Mapping the ‘Hidden’ Women in British Geography 1900–70.Notes.Bibliography.Index.

Avril Maddrell is a social, cultural and historical geographer, specializing in gender and geographical thought. She has taught at Westminster College in Oxford, the Open University, Oxford Brookes University, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Dr Maddrell's research for this volume has been supported by the British Academy.

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• List of Figures and Tables. Preface.Acknowledgements.1. Putting Women in their Place: Women in the Historiography of Geography.2. Women and British Geographical Societies: Medals, Membership, Inclusion and Exclusion.3. Marion Newbigin and the Liminal Role of the Geographical Editor: Hired Help or Disciplinary Gatekeeper?4. Women Travellers: Inside or Outside the Canon?5. Women in Geographical Education: Demand for Geography Teachers and Teaching by Example.6. Diplomas, Degrees and Appointments: The First Generation of Women Geographers in Academia.7. Fieldwork and War Work: Interwar University Geographers.8. The War Years and Immediate Post-War Period.9. University Expansion, Specialisation and Quantification: 1950–70.10. Conclusion: Mapping the ‘Hidden’ Women in British Geography 1900–70.Notes.Bibliography.Index.