Thelma Ann Rodgers (née Bishton; 1 December 1947 – 12 October 2021)[1] was a New Zealand Antarctic science technician and architect.
[3] Although she wanted to study physics and chemistry in college she was discouraged from doing so because she was a woman.
[1] Rodgers worked as a science technician in the geophysics division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
[4][5] Just a decade earlier men believed the climate in Antarctica was too harsh for women.
[1] In 2017, laboratories in the newly refurbished Hillary Field Centre at Scott Base were named after her, Margaret Bradshaw and Pamela Young.