Article ID: CBB001422109

The High-Altitude Research of Mabel Purefoy Fitzgerald, 1911--13 (2015)

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Goodman, Martin (Author)


Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Volume: 69, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 85-99


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: Article in a special issue, “Women and Science”
Language: English

(First paragraph of article.) Home schooled without a science education, Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald (1872--1973) attended physiology lectures at Oxford in 1897, even though the school was closed to women. She found work as a researcher, published early noted papers and earned the active respect and support of senior scientists of her day. Her laboratory work with the physiologist J. S. Haldane saw her invited to the join the Pikes Peak Expedition in 1911. While the male team members measured the physiological effects of long-term residency at 14 101 feet, as the sole woman FitzGerald took measurements of haemoglobin and alveolar air from herself and from mining staff and families at altitudes from 6000 to 12 500 feet, travelling to remote mining communities in the Colorado Rockies. A subsequent expedition collected data at lower altitudes. Recorded in two papers, the results presented pioneering evidence of the role of oxygen in breathing.

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Article Jones, Claire G.; Hawkins, Sue (2015) Women and Science. Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (pp. 5-9). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Orr, Mary
Rosella Perugi
Tanja Hammel
Benjamin J. Burger
Yoshinaga, Alvin
Weissich, Paul
Concepts
Science and gender
Women in science
Science education and teaching
Travel; exploration
Science and literature
Periodicals; serials
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
France
Great Britain
Arctic regions
Colorado (U.S.)
Rocky Mountains (U.S.)
Institutions
National Geographic Society
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