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She had a doctorate in biology, and taught at the [[College of St. Scholastica]].<ref>[http://www.mayonews.ie/?option=com_content&view=article&id=14139:sister-mary-odile-cahoon-minnesota-and-louisburgh&catid=38:obituaries&Itemid=100061 Obituary at the Mayo News]</ref><ref name="RothblumWeinstock1998">{{cite book|author1=Esther D. Rothblum|author2=Jacqueline S. Weinstock|author3=Jessica Morris|title=Women in the Antarctic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=erHbNJ-clY4C&pg=PA31|year=1998|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-7890-0247-1|pages=31–39}}</ref> |
She had a doctorate in biology, and taught at the [[College of St. Scholastica]].<ref>[http://www.mayonews.ie/?option=com_content&view=article&id=14139:sister-mary-odile-cahoon-minnesota-and-louisburgh&catid=38:obituaries&Itemid=100061 Obituary at the Mayo News]</ref><ref name="RothblumWeinstock1998">{{cite book|author1=Esther D. Rothblum|author2=Jacqueline S. Weinstock|author3=Jessica Morris|title=Women in the Antarctic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=erHbNJ-clY4C&pg=PA31|year=1998|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-7890-0247-1|pages=31–39}}</ref> |
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In 1974, Mary Odile Cahoon and [[Mary Alice McWhinnie]] became the first women scientists to overwinter at [[McMurdo Station]], [[Antarctica]], with 128 men |
In 1974, Mary Odile Cahoon and [[Mary Alice McWhinnie]] became the first women scientists to overwinter at [[McMurdo Station]], [[Antarctica]], with 128 men,<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/10/science/after-struggle-women-win-place-ice-labs-field-new-outlook.html|title = After a Struggle, Women Win A Place 'on the Ice'; In Labs and in the Field, a New Outlook|last = Cornelia|first = Dean|date = 1998|work = |access-date = 28 April 2015|via = }}</ref> although the first woman to be there in the winter was in 1947 and other countries had taken women to Antarctica for some years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/10/science/after-struggle-women-win-place-ice-labs-field-new-outlook.html|title=After a Struggle, Women Win A Place 'on the Ice'; In Labs and in the Field, a New Outlook|last=Dean|first=Cornelia|date=1998-11-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:52, 3 February 2020
Mary Odile Cahoon OSB (1929-2011) was an American Benedictine nun who was among the first women to do research in Antarctica.
She had a doctorate in biology, and taught at the College of St. Scholastica.[1][2]
In 1974, Mary Odile Cahoon and Mary Alice McWhinnie became the first women scientists to overwinter at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, with 128 men,[3] although the first woman to be there in the winter was in 1947 and other countries had taken women to Antarctica for some years.[4]
References
- ^ Obituary at the Mayo News
- ^ Esther D. Rothblum; Jacqueline S. Weinstock; Jessica Morris (1998). Women in the Antarctic. Psychology Press. pp. 31–39. ISBN 978-0-7890-0247-1.
- ^ Cornelia, Dean (1998). "After a Struggle, Women Win A Place 'on the Ice'; In Labs and in the Field, a New Outlook". Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ Dean, Cornelia (1998-11-10). "After a Struggle, Women Win A Place 'on the Ice'; In Labs and in the Field, a New Outlook". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
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