Annie Jump Cannon was one of the leading women astronomers of all time. Read about her here.
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Antonia Maury on Project Continua!
Read all about astronomer and educator, Antonia Maury, whose stellar classification catalogue, published in 1897, was the first observatory publication credited to a woman.
Antonia Maury
by Lindsay Smith Antonia Caetana Maury (1866-1952) Maury was born on March 21, 1866, in Cold Springs, New York. Her father, Mytton Maury, was an Episcopal minister and amateur naturalist. Her mother, Virginia (Draper) Maury, was the sister of Henry Draper, the first person to photograph stellar spectra. Antonia Maury was also the granddaughter of…
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Williamina Paton Fleming on Project Continua!
Abandoned by her husband when she became pregnant, Williamina Paton Fleming went from housemaid to one of the most prominent female astronomers of her time – all in just over a decade. Sound incredible? Read the entire story of this amazing astronomer at her biography page on Project Continua.
Annie Jump Cannon
By Lindsay Smith Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) Cannon was born in Dover, Delaware on December 11, 1863, to Wilson Cannon, a shipbuilder, and his wife, Mary . Not much is known about Cannon’s early education, but it was her mother who introduced her to her first star constellations and encouraged her curiosity in astronomy. Together, they…
Williamina Paton Fleming
By Lindsay Smith Williamina Paton (Stevens) Fleming (known often as “Mina”) (1857-1911) She was born on May 15, 1857, in Dundee, Scotland. Her father, Robert Stevens, carved and gilded picture frames and furniture; he died when his daughter was seven.[1] Around the age of fourteen Fleming became a pupil-teacher, a common practice for bright students…
