Irene Crespin, Australian micropalaeontologist, died January 2, 1980. In 1936 she succeeded Frederick Chapman as palaeontologist in the Department of the Interior of Australia - receiving half his salary because she was a woman #WomenInSTEM #histsci 🧪⚒️
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/forgotten-women-of-paleontology-irene-crespin/