THEY REACHED FOR THE STARS: WOMEN ASTRONOMERS
by Mabel Armstrong

Table of Contents 
Introduction: What is a Scientist?           

     What Does an Astronomer do?

 Chapter One: Ancient Astronomers:

     Hypatia of Alexandria

     Hildegard von Bingam                       

 Chapter Two: Astronomy Becomes a Science:

     Caroline Herschel—Europe’s First Lady of Comets

Chapter Three: Women Astronomers in the Nineteenth Century:

     Maria Mitchell—America’s Leading Woman Astronomer

Chapter Four: Human Computers—The Astronomy Ladies of Harvard:

     Williamina Paton Fleming
     Annie Jump Cannon
     Antonia Maury             

Chapter Five: Women Astronomers Enter the Scientific Main Stream:

     Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
     Dorothy

Chapter Six: Twentieth Century Astronomers:

     Vera Rubin
     Nancy Roman               

Chapter Seven: On the Cusp of the Twenty-First Century:                                Beatrice Tinsley
     Jocelyn Bell Burnell
     Margaret Geller 
Chapter Eight: Space Science and Astronauts:
     Sally Ride
     Wendy Freedman
Glossary
Index

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