She describes the struggles researchers faced during the intervention of the Federal government for conservation and public land classification, and how World War 1's subsequent economic crash in 1929 increased strain on the studies.
Rabbit also conveys how the changing economies of coal and agriculture, as well as the need to study water and minerals, put excess strain on the Survey.
[3] In 1937, after earning her bachelor of arts in geological sciences from Radcliffe, Mary C. Rabbitt worked alongside Perry Byerly as a research assistant at the University of California.
During the second world war, she moved her career to Tennessee to serve at the Oak Ridge Observatory, working with the Office of Scientific Research and Development on explosion seismology.
This led to a greater understanding of various topics, including magnetic-ore deposits, global tectonics and the behaviour of rocks and soils under various temperatures and pressures.
[9] In 1980, she published the second volume of Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defense and General Welfare, as well as John Wesley Powell: soldier, explorer, scientist.
After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in Geological Sciences, Mary aided in the rejuvenation of systematic research methods while studying the earth.
Through their shared interest in seismology, she worked as a teaching fellow and research assistant to Perry Byerly at the University of California at Berkeley.
Her work was acknowledged by The Geological Society of America's History[1] for aiding in the revitalization of systematic research methods when studying the earth.
After marrying John Charles ("Jack") Rabbitt,[5] a geologist with the USGS in Washington, DC, in 1947, Mary joined the U.S. Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey's seismology branch.
Alongside her seven publications, her work was acknowledged by "The Geological Society of America's History" [1]for aiding in the rejuvenation of systematic research methods when studying the earth.
"[19] Mary C. Rabbitt gathered an immense[peacock prose] amount of material, providing researchers with lots of reference work for their studies on the history of geology.