This document summarizes the contributions of several important women scientists in geology and paleontology. It discusses Marie Tharp, who created the first map of the seafloor; Katia and Maurice Krafft, influential volcanologists; and Inge Lehmann, who discovered the solid inner core of the Earth. In paleontology, it outlines the discoveries of Mary Anning, the first woman paleontologist who found an ichthyosaur skeleton; Etheldred Bennett, an important British geologist; and Martine de Bertereau Châtelet, the first French female geologist who studied minerals and rocks.