Eileen Guppy

Eileen Guppy MBE (24 May 1903 – 8 March 1980) was the first woman to be a geologist in Geological Survey of Great Britain and was the first female staff member to become a member of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). She not only became an employee but based on her 39 years of service she was the first member of the OBE.

She was not only known for these two accomplishments for women but was also published. She published two editions of Chemical analysis of Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks and Minerals during 1931 and in 1956. Her book Rock Wool was published in 1945 and a second edition came out in 1949. She was then given a position as assistant geologist during World War 2. After the war she worked as a senior experimental officer.^[1]

References

1. Haines, Catherine M. C. (2001). International women in science : a biographical dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 119–120. ISBN 9781576070901.