Directory of History Resources

Information on the history of women in astronomy, including biographies.

Resources in This Category

4000 Years of Women in Science

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
Women's contributions to science, from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
About.Com: Women in Astronomy

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/scienceastronomy/index.htm
About.Com's guide to women astronomers.
Engines of our Ingenuity: Women in Astronomy

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi407.htm
A radio show episode about German women astronomers in the 17th century.
Five Remarkable Women at the Crossroads of Astronomy

http://physics.weber.edu/carroll/FiveWomen/
Information on Caroline Herschel, Annie Jump Cannon, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, and Vera Rubin.
History of Women in Astronomy

http://astro.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/women/history.html
The text and images from a slide set on women astronomers available from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Includes capsule biographies of women from Carolyn Herschel to Sidney Wolff.
International Women's Air & Space Museum, Inc.

http://iwasm.org/
A museum dedicated to the contributions women have made in the air and space sciences.
U.S. Naval Observatory

http://maia.usno.navy.mil/women_history/history.html
Description of the contributions made by women to the United States Naval Observatory.

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