Sarah Elizabeth Pratt Whitin
Philanthropist who funded the building of the Observatory at Wellesley College
Category Archives: Science > Astronomy
Continue reading
Dorothea Klumpke
American astronomer who became the head of the bureau for the measurements of the plates of the Astro-photographic Catalogue at the Paris Observatory.
Mary Anna Draper
Astronomer and philanthropist who funded the work of the Harvard Observatory
Charlotte Richards Willard
American astronomer
Mary Tarbox
Astronomer Mary Tarbox published observations of minor planets and is now employed at Columbia University.
Elizabeth Davis
Astronomer and mathematician who did calculations on the Ephemeres of the Sun for the Nautical Almanac and work on comet orbits.
F Gertrude Wentworth
Astronomer who worked on astronomical computation of a difficult and refined order
Mary Emma Byrd
American astronomer and mathematician. She was director of the Smith College Observatory for 19 years and was one of the first seven women to join the New York Mathematical Society in 1891.
Susan J Cunningham
Susan Jane Cunningham was a mathematician and astronomer who founded the Mathematics and Astronomy Departments at Swarthmore College. She was one of the first seven women to join the New York Mathematical Society in 1891.
Isabel Martin Lewis
The U.S. Naval Observatory hired Isabel M. Lewis and Eleanor A. Lamson long before women were even allowed to enroll at the U.S. Naval Academy.