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Margaret Harwood (March 19, 1885 – February 6, 1979) was an American astronomer, teacher, and the first director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory.

Rebecca Jane Titsworth Rogers is counted among the Harvard College Observatory’s Women Astronomical Computers for her work in support of her husband’s astronomical work.

Margaret Walton Mayall was an American Astronomer and head of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) from 1949-1973.

Helen J. Popkavich worked at the Harvard College Observatory from approximately 1931-1933.

Ida Elisabeth Woods (September 18, 1870 – October 4, 1940) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1893 until around 1930.

Imogen Willis Eddy (June 20, 1842-September 4, 1904)1 worked at the Harvard College Observatory for approximately 15 years from 1889-1904.

Jenka Mohr (b.1902) was a research assistant and lecturer with the Harvard College Observatory from 1927 to around 1940.

Jennie Thayer Rugg (1869-1949) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1887 to 1889.

Johanna Creighton Stevens Mackie (Dec 26 1860 – July 31 1943) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1903 to 1920.

Lillian L. Hodgdon, (February, 1870- 1939) worked as one of the Women Astronomical Computers at the Harvard College Observatory from 1889 to 1939, a time span of approximately 50 years.