#GAReads | Female paleontologists don beards to get level playing field

“Female paleontologists don beards to get level playing field”:

Less than one in four members of professional societies for paleontologists are women, according to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

The project includes a website, two documentary films, and a travelling exhibit featuring portraits of about 100 female paleontologists with facial hair sharing stories about the fight for equal pay, field work opportunities and promotions.

Read Kate Ryan’s full article at Thomson Reuters Foundation here…