Imagine that you have 9 other siblings (maybe 8), but they all die except your one older brother. Your family is also incredibly poor, but you enjoy hunting fossils with your father. Even though you have NO education, he helps you learn geology and anatomy. But then he also dies. Now you are even poorer. And even though it is frowned upon for a girl, your mother makes you continue laboring for fossils in hopes of earning a few extra pennies.

References

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mary-anning-unsung-hero.html

https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/learn-mary-annings-ichthyosaur

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