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Possible additions to Winifred Goldring's page

One such diorama was a detailed replica of the Gilboa Fossil Forest from roughly 380 million years ago. She was able to perfect this diorama using petrified wood and fossilized rocks that were found during excavation in Gilboa, New York in 1850 and 1920. Jmfloyd (talk) 00:04, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

She studied the annual growth of rings in Carboniferous age petrified wood, arguing that her findings undercut a theory of climate variability.

In general, Goldring had the support of many male colleagues at the New York State Museum and elsewhere. Nonetheless she did encounter problems as a woman geologist. She was advised more than once to stick to the museum and laboratory rather than to go into the field. In 1928 when she was considering a position with the U.S. Geological Survey but she was suggested not to apply because they wanted a “he-man” (male) paleobotanist.

Although Goldring rarely traveled out of the state of New York, the trip she had made one trip of great importance. In order to help Dr. John M. Clarke write his memoir on the areas of Gaspé and Nova Scotia, Goldring travelled there to collect Devonian fossils.