Biographical Web Links to
Women in Astronomy
Name
Links
Aganice
(c. 1878 BCE)
4000 Years of Women in Science - AGANICE
Aglaonike
(c. 200 BCE - Ancient Greece)
4000 Years of Women in Science - AGLAONIKE
Brahe, Sophia
(1556-1643 - Denmark)
4000 Years of Women in Science - BRAHE
Burbidge, Margaret
(1919- - United States)
CSWA/ASP Women in Astronomy - burbidge
Cannon, Annie Jump
(1863-1941 - United States)
Bois's Disting. Women of Past and Present - cannon
CSWA/ASP Women in Astronomy - cannon
4000 Years of Women in Science - CANNON
ASP - Annie J. Cannon (1863-1941)
Clerke, Agnes Mary
(1842-1907 - Ireland/Britain)
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Cunitz, Marie
(1610-1664 - Germany)
4000 Years of Women in Science - CUNITZ
Dumee, Jeanne
(18th Century)
4000 Years of Women in Science - DUMEE
Davis, Elizabeth Brown
( - - United States)
U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Davis
Draper, Anna Palmer
( - - United States)
ASP - Women Computers (circa 1890)
En Hedu'Anna
(c. 2354 BCE - Babylon)
4000 Years of Women in Science - EN
Eaton, Etta Maine
(1869-1915 United States)
U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Eaton
Fleming, Williamina
(1857-1911 - Scotland/U.S.)
Bois's Disting. Women of Past and Present - flemingw
4000 Years of Women in Science - FLEMING
ASP - Women Computers (circa 1890)
Gaposchkin, Cecelia Payne
(1900-1978 - Britain/United States)
CSWA Women in Astronomy - cecilia
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
4000 Years of Women in Science - GAPOSCHKIN
ASP - Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979)
Gray, Alice Mabel (Wilson)
(1881-1925 - United States)
U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Gray
Gushee, Vera Marie
(1894-1937 - United States)
U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Gushee
Hall, Chloe Angeline Stickney
(1830-1892 - United States)
U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Hall
Hedrick, Hannah Francer Mace
(1870-1948+ - United States)
U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Hedrick
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
(1750-1848 - Germany/Britain)
Agnes Scott College - Biographies of Women Mathematicians - herschel
MacTutor History of Math. - Herschel_Caroline
ASP - Herschel Caroline (1750-1848)
Hogg, Helen Battles Sawyer (Priestley)
(1905-1993 - United States/Canada)
Great Canadian Scientists Reference
University of Toronto - Helen Sawyer Hogg web site
Huggins, Margaret Murray
(1848-1916 - Britain)
4000 Years of Women in Science - HUGGINS
Hypatia
(370-415 - Ancient Egypt/Greece)
Alexandria - Cosmology, Philosophy, Myth and Culture - hypatia
Kirch, Maria Margarethe
(1670-1720 - Germany)
The Galileo Project - Rice University - kirch_mar
Kovalevsly, Sonya
(1850-1891 - Russia, Sweden)
Agnes Scott College - Women Mathematicians - kova
The Scientist Within You
Lamson, Eleanor Annie
(1875-1932 - United States)
U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Lamson
Leavitt, Henrietta Swan
(1868-1921 - United States)
Hist. of Math., Sci., and Tech. - San Jose State U. - lea
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
Bois's Disting. Women of Past and Present - leavitt
ASP - Henrietta S. Leavitt (1868-1921)
Lepaute, Nichole-Reine
Etable de la Briere

(1723-1788 - France)
4000 Years of Women in Science - LEPAUTE
Lewis, Isabel Martin
(1881-1955+ - United States)
U.S. Naval Obser. - Contrib. of Women - Lewis
Maury, Antonia
(1866 - 1952 - United States)
Hist. of Math., Sci., and Tech. - San Jose State U. - mau
ASP - Women Computers (circa 1890)
Mitchell, Maria
(1818 - 1889 - United States)
The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association
Bois's Disting. Women of Past and Present - mitchell
ASP - Maria Mitchell (circa 1878)
Pierry, Mme. Louise
Elizabeth Felicite Pourra
de la Madeleine du

(1746-1789+ - France)
4000 Years of Women in Science - PIERRY
Roberts, Dorothea Klumpke
(1861-1942 - United States)
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Sabliere, Marguerite
Hessein de la

(1636-1693 - France)
4000 Years of Women in Science - SABLIERE
Sitterly, Charlotte Emma Moore
(1898-1990 - United States)
The A.S.P. Bruce Medalists - C.E.M.S. 1990
Somerville, Mary Fairfax
(1780-1872 - Scotland/Britain)
Agnes Scott College - Women Mathematicians - Somer
MacTutor History of Math. - Biography - Somerville
Sonduk
(c. 630 BCE - China)
4000 Years of Women in Science - SONDUK
Taylor, Janet
(18th century - Britain)
4000 Years of Women in Science - TAYLOR -
Whiting, Sarah F.
(1846-1927 - United States)
4000 Years of Women in Science - WHITING -
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General Resource Links

Resource
Agnes Scott College - Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Astron. Soc. of the Pacific - History of Women in Astronomy
(Note: Besides the earlier women astronomers already identified above, this source also contains short biographies on the following more current individuals: Beatrice M. Tinsley (1941-1982), Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Nancy Boggess, France Cordova, Sandra Faber, Margaret Geller, Margherita Hack, Elenaor Helin, Roberta Humphreys, Christine Jones, Catherine Pilachowski, Mercedes Richards, Sally Ride, Nancy Roman, Vera Rubin, Carolyn Shoemaker, Jill Tarter, Jacqueline Van Gorkom, and Sidney Wolff)
MacTutor History of Mathematics - Biographies
U.S. Naval Observatory - Contributions of Women to the USNO
4000 Years of Women in Science
Danuta Bois's Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Fields of Activity
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology - San Jose State University
Alexandria - Cosmology, Philosophy, Myth and Culture
The Galileo Project - Rice University - biographical files
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