Category Archives: Science

Mabel Abbie Gill (September 29, 1873 – May 19, 1961) worked as one of the Women Astronomical Computers at the Harvard College Observatory from 1892 until 1927.

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.

Florence Cushman (1860-1940) was an astronomer and member of the Harvard Observatory staff from 1888 to 1937.

Dr. Frances Woodworth Wright (April 30, 1897-July 30, 1989) was an American Astronomer, Navigator, and Instructor who worked in the Harvard College Observatory and with the Women Computers of the Plate Stacks for many years. She helped develop methods of observation for comets and meteors.

Evelyn Frances Leland (1867-1931) worked at the Harvard observatory for 36 years between 1889-1925. She calculated stellar spectra and became an expert on variable stars.

Ruth Elaine Poulter Bailey worked with the Harvard College Observatory from 1888 to 1925. She helped to manage Harvard’s Boyden Station in Arequipa, Peru, assisted with some processing and analysis of glass plates in Arequipa, and served as a hostess for observatory social life in both Arequipa and Cambridge.