Henrietta Swan Leavitt

Henrietta Leavitt was an American astronomer who discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variables. This was a vital step in measuring the distance to remote galaxies.

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Agnes Macready

Agnes Macready should be regarded as the first Australian woman war correspondent, although there was no official system at this time for accreditation.

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Hertha Ayrton

Hertha Ayrton was an engineer and mathematician. She was awarded the Royal Society’s Hughes Medal, and is well known as a suffragette.

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Laura Bassi

Laura Bassi was an Italian physicist and one of the earliest women to gain a position in an Italian university.

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