Resistance, Discrimination, and the New Glamour

The new glamour of women working in geology included resistance and active engagement with fighting discrimination in the workplace. Women in geology wanted more rights, as well as autonomy in their dress and fashion. Working female geologists responded and engaged in the cultural changes of the twentieth century. The oil industry and newspapers attempted to be more inclusive to women in geology, like African-American geologists. African-American publications like Ebony published glamorous profiles of African-American women working in petroleum geology. The oil industry attempted to promote a more inclusive type of glamour. Profiles and write-ups of women working in geology explored the changing gender roles and cultural expectations of women in the US society. Newspaper advice columnists attempted to respond to reader questions regarding the nature of the workplace and women working more closer to men in the petroleum field. Profiles of women working in geology often reflected the success and problems of the changing role of the working women in the twentieth century.