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Medora Louise Krieger (née Hooper) was born in Ticonderoga, New York in 1905. She displayed an early interest in geology, as her father, grandfather and two uncles were mining engineers[1]. She attended Vassar College from 1924-1928, earning a bachelors degree in geology. From there, she went on to Columbia University in pursuit of her masters and PhD. While attending Columbia, she met her husband Philip, who was an assistant professor at the institution, also in the field of geology. Louise and Philip were married in 1931. After her graduation from Columbia University, Krieger worked for the New York Geological Survey until the sudden death of her husband in 1940. During that time, their daughter, Katherine, was born. From 1942-1944 she taught at, Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts[1]. She then gained employment with the USGS beginning in the summer of 1944[1]. Medora Louise Krieger passed away in 1994, in Prescott, Arizona aged 89.
Time at the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Her time at the USGS began in 1944, when she was placed at a desk job in Washington, DC[1]. In 1947, she was moved to the Southwestern Geology Branch in Prescott, Arizona, where she continued with some office work, but was eventually moved to field work[1].This was particularly notable as women were not allowed to work as field geologists within the institution at the time. Kriegers employment as a field geologist in 1947 altered this policy. Krieger, faced discrimmination for her gender in the field of Geology, for example, when working on her first assignment mapping the Bagdad mine in Arizona, she was prevented from entering the proximity of the mine, due to the objection of the miners[1]. She went on to create twelve significant topographic maps of Arizona[1]. Other women at the USGS, wanted to participate in field work, but, were not allowed to so, Krieger invited other women to be considered as assistants in the field[1].