History Astronomy Science and Technology Women
Information on the history of women in astronomy, including biographies.
Top: Society: People: Women: Science and Technology: Astronomy: History
See Also:
- Women in Astronomy, 1880-1920 - Biographical information of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and other Harvard science and technology women. Includes photographs and links.
- 4000 Years of Women in Science - Women\'s contributions to science, from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
- U.S. Naval Observatory - Description of the contributions made by women to history the United States Naval Observatory.
- History of Women in Astronomy - The text and images from a slide set on women astronomers available from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Includes capsule biographies of women from Carolyn Herschel to Sidney Wolff.
- About.Com: Women in Astronomy - About.Com's guide to women astronomers.
- Kid's Cosmos - Bibliographies of women in astronomy.
- Engines of our Ingenuity: Women in Astronomy - A radio show episode about German women astronomers astronomy in the 17th century.
- Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Astronomy - Short biographies of various women in astronomy.
- Five Remarkable Women at the Crossroads of Astronomy - Information on Caroline Herschel, Annie Jump Cannon, Henrietta astronomy Swan Leavitt, astronomy Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, and Vera Rubin.
- International Women's Air & Space Museum, Inc. - A museum dedicated to the contributions women have science and technology history made in the air and space sciences.
- Women Astronomers - Biographies of Janet Mattei, Maria Mitchell, and Doritt Hoffleit, with and interview with Janet Mattei.
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