Distinguished Women of Past and Present
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Aglaonike 2nd century BC-2nd century BC From: Greece Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: astronomer Sophia Brahe 1556-1643 From: Denmark Fields: Agriculture and Horticulture, Astronomy, History Key Words/Phrases: horticulturalist, astronomer, historian Margaret Burbidge 1919- From: United Kingdom, United States Fields: Astronomy Jocelyn Bell Burnell 1941- From: United Kingdom Fields: Astronomy, Physics Annie Jump Cannon 1863-1941 From: United States: Delaware, Massachusetts Fields: Astronomy Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz 1651-1695 From: Mexico Fields: Art, Astronomy, Music, Religion Key Words/Phrases: writer, poet, nun Marie Cunitz 1610-1664 From: Germany, Poland Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: astronomer Wendy Whiting Dolci From: United States: California, Maine Fields: Astronomy, Aviation and Space Exploration, Physics En Heduanna circa 2354 BC- From: Iraq Fields: Astronomy, Literature and Poetry Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming 1857-1911 From: United Kingdom, United States: Massachusetts Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: catalogued stars according to spectra, discovered the Horsehead nebula Hypatia of Alexandria c.370-415 From: Egypt, United States Fields: Astronomy, Education, Mathematics, Philosophy Key Words/Phrases: head of Platonist school in Alexandria, Egypt Henrietta Swan Leavitt 1868-1921 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: made possible measuring extragalactic distances Maria Mitchell 1818-1889 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Astronomy, Education Key Words/Phrases: discovered a comet, taught astronomy at Vassar College Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin 1900-1979 From: United Kingdom, United States: Massachusetts Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: astronomer Carolyn Porco 1953- From: United States: Colorado, New York Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: planetary scientist, Cassini and New Horizons missions Nancy Roman From: United States Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: NASA, astronomer Vera Cooper Rubin 1928- From: United States: Pennsylvania, Washington DC Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: astronomer Caterina Scarpellini 1808-1873 From: Italy Fields: Astronomy, Meteorology Carolyn Shoemaker 1929- From: United States: New Mexico Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: astronomer Charlotte Moore Sitterly 1898-1990 From: United States: Pennsylvania Fields: Astronomy Key Words/Phrases: astronomer Sarah Frances Whiting 1846-1927 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Astronomy, Physics Maria T. Zuber From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Astronomy, Physics |
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