Luella Agnes Owen

<p><strong>    Luella Agnes Owen</strong> was a female pioneer in the fields of speleology geography and geology. She viewed these three disciplines not as separate sciences but as three branches of a scientific trinity-and she devoted much of her life to this trinity. Owen had to overcome many obstacles and defy some of the conventions of her time to become a scientist but she became one of the world's leading authorities on caves at a time when such a career was unusual for a woman. She is believed to have explored more caves than any other woman and more than most men of her time.</p>