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Catherine Wolfe Bruce

Astronomy philanthropist

Agnes Wells was an American mathematician and astronomer who worked during the first half of the 20th century. She spent most of her career expertly guiding women students and trying to improve the status of women in American society.

Adelaide Ames

Adelaide Ames (June 3, 1900-June 26, 1932) was an American astronomer who worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1923 to 1932. She is best known for her work on detailed surveys of the brightest extra-galactic spiral nebulae.

Paris Pişmiş

Paris Pishmish was a Turkish astronomer with a doctorate from Istanbul University advised by Finlay Freundlich. She was the first person employed to teach astronomy in Mexico with an astronomy doctorate. She spent most of her career in Mexico City and made substantial contributions to both teaching and research.

Adelina Gutiérrez

Chilean professor, scientist and academic who was the main force behind setting up the first Bachelor’s degree in Astronomy in Chile and later the first Master’s degree in Astronomy. She was the first Chilean to obtain a doctorate in astrophysics and also the first woman elected to the Chilean Academy of Sciences.

Mary Watson Whitney

Mary Watson Whitney was a mathematician and astronomer who wrote around 70 astronomy papers, and directed the Vassar College Observatory. She was one of the first seven women to join the New York Mathematical Society in 1891.

Alice Maxwell Lamb

Assistant astronomer in the Washburn Observatory from June 1885 to September 1887, among other roles

Sarah Elizabeth Pratt Whitin

Philanthropist who funded the building of the Observatory at Wellesley College

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.