Despite undeserved challenges to participation in the field of planetary geomorphology, women have made significant contributions in the fluvial, aeolian, and (cryo)volcanic subdisciplines. In this work, some women-in particular, women of color-are highlighted to show a part of these foundational contributions. We focused on women scientists who were working in the latter half of the 20th century, a revolutionary time for terrestrial geomorphology and the inception of the discipline of planetary geomorphology. We also focused on women working in our scientific subdisciplines so that we could provide proper context for their work. These contributions have occurred both as discoveries in terrestrial geomorphology leading to follow-on discoveries in planetary geomorphology and through serving as educators and role models. With women increasingly achieving positions of influence both in the geo-and planetary sciences as in American society, this research allows us to celebrate these contributions of women and particularly women of color while looking forward to a more complete record of their past contributions and greater future achievements.(cryo)volcanism, aeolian, fluvial, planetary, women in geomorphology
| INTRODUCTIONUndeserved challenges to their participation notwithstanding, women have repeatedly made foundational contributions to planetary geomorphology. These contributions may go unnoticed for various reasons, as has been documented for terrestrial geologists of the 19th and early 20th centuries (Vincent, 2020). The resulting misimpression-that such individuals, if they existed at all, made only marginal contributions-has recently been shown to be incorrect in the subdisciplines of glaciology (Hulbe et al., 2010), loess studies (Fitzsimmons et al., 2018), terrestrial geomorphology (Sack, 2004) and throughout the geosciences (Vincent, 2020). More generally, women in science are found to be less credited than men because their work is less known, less appreciated, or more ignored (Ross et al., 2022), and women are less likely to be offered speaking opportunites at conferneces (Ford et al., 2018).We here provide an overview of female scientists in three key areas of geomorphological study within a planetary science framework. This overview begins with terrestrial studies in research areas that became important planetary focal research areas, highlighting the work of women who have contributed mightily to the study of planetary geomorphology. These contributions include laying an immediate terrestrial groundwork for planetary studies, conducting planetary studies themselves, and/or serving as educators of geomorphology subdisciplines within underrepresented populations.