Category Archives: Science

Jenka Mohr (b.1902) was a research assistant and lecturer with the Harvard College Observatory from 1927 to around 1940.

Jennie Thayer Rugg (1869-1949) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1887 to 1889.

Johanna Creighton Stevens Mackie (Dec 26 1860 – July 31 1943) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1903 to 1920.

Lillian L. Hodgdon, (February, 1870- 1939) worked as one of the Women Astronomical Computers at the Harvard College Observatory from 1889 to 1939, a time span of approximately 50 years.

Louisa Dennison Wells (June 1st, 1862 – 1938) worked as one of the Women Astronomical Computers at the Harvard College Observatory from 1887 until 1937.

Louisa Winlock (1860-1916) worked at Harvard College Observatory for 29 years from 1886-1915.

Selina Cranch Bond (1831-1920) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1879 to 1906. She was the fourth woman computer hired by the observatory, and she performed mathematical computations for a variety of projects.

Carol Gertrude Fox (1903-1975) worked at the Harvard College Observatory starting in 1927.

Constance D. Boyd (1907-1976) worked at the Harvard Observatory from around 1928 until 1943.

Florence May Campbell Bibber (January 10, 1908 – April 7, 1997) was a research assistant with Annie Jump Cannon of the Harvard College Observatory, and directoral assistant to Margaret Walton Mayall.