Anna Winlock
Distinguished American astronomer and a notable member of the pioneering female computer group known as “the Harvard Computers.”
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Marie-Jeanne de Lalande
Renowned French astronomer and mathematician.
Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg
American-Canadian astronomer who pioneered research on globular clusters and variable stars.
Dr María Ruiz
Distinguished Chilean astronomer; the first woman to receive Chile’s National Prize for Exact Sciences, the first female astrophysics doctorate from Princeton University, and the first woman president of the Chilean Academy of Sciences.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Astronomer who discovered pulsars
Henrietta Hill Swope
American astronomer known for her pioneering work in the study of variable stars and their relationship to stellar evolution.
Margaret Huggins
Irish pioneer astrophysicist
Emma Vyssotsky
American astronomer known for her work in stellar astronomy, specifically for her extensive studies on the velocities and motions of stars.
Fátima de Madrid
Astronomer and writer
Maria Kirch
German astronomer