@joyce-drakeford, you bring up a very valid point — it isn’t just professional women in paleontology who experience barriers and discrimination.
I would be interested to learn how amateur/avocational paleontologists have overcome gender-based barriers to their collecting, study, and exposure to paleontology. Thoughts, @spassmore, @cindy-lockner, @tmorgan, @lmccall, @julie-niederkorn, @mary-harbison, @angela-matthias, @jessie-matheny, @jan-pullum, @cathy-young, @christa-speights, @willis-dc?