Women in Astronomy Through the Ages
There have been female astronomers in earlier times, but they were mostly invisible and their achievements not recognised. Here we celebrate the female pioneers of astronomy.
Some of the women who worked at Harvard College Observatory. From left to right: Ida Woods, Evelyn Leland, Florence Cushman, Grace Brooks, Mary Van, Henrietta Leavitt, Mollie O'Reilly, Mabel Gill, Alta Carpenter, Annie Jump Cannon, Dorothy Black, Arville Walker, Frank Hinkely, and Professor Edward King.
Please help us make the list complete:
- ?370-415 Hipatia of Alexandria
- ?10-11th century Fatima de Madrid
- 1556-1643 Sophia Brahe
- 1610-1664 Marie Cunitz
- 1670-1720 Maria Winkelmann Kirch
- 1723-1788 Nicole-Reine Lepaute
- 1750-1848 Caroline Herschel
- 1768-1797 Wang Zhenyi
- 1780-1872 Mary Somerville
- 1818-1889 Maria Mitchell
- 1857-1911 Williamina Fleming
- 1863-1941 Annie Cannon
- 1868-1921 Henrietta Leavitt
- 1900-1979 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
- 1911-1999 Paris Pismis
- 1912-1981 Ruby Payne-Scott
- 1941-1981 Beatrice Tinsley