geological

It was both broad and deep, with cupboards and cabinets all round, crowded with specimens, geological and anatomical.

As a woman, and a working-class one, she could not join the Geological Society of London, which did not admit women until long after her death.

Her situation improved in later life, partly thanks to scientific friends who raised money on her behalf, and after her death in 1847 the president of the Geological Society paid tribute to her in a speech, an honor almost unheard of for someone who could never have joined.