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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">HGSSD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>History of Geo- and Space Sciences Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">HGSSD</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Hist. Geo Space. Sci. Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2749-117X</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/hgss-2026-6</article-id>
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<article-title>The Fate of Y.S. Ma, China&apos;s First Female Geologist</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yin</surname>
<given-names>Jian Zhao</given-names>
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<addr-line>College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>27</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>13</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Jian Zhao Yin</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>In April 1944 during the War of Resistance against Japan, three young scientists were killed by bandits in the field. Among the three were Ms. Y.S. Ma, the only female geologist in China at the time, a young geologist fluent in five foreign languages ​​despite never having been abroad, and Mr. T.Y. Hsu and Mr. K. Chen, both budding and accomplished geologists. They were killed on the same day, at the ages of 25, 36, and 28 respectively. This year marks the 82nd anniversary of their tragic deaths. This article is dedicated to these three young scholars who died before achieving their goals, leaving future generations deeply saddened.</p>
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