List of women astronomers

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The list of women astronomers includes women who excelled in astronomy and astrophysics . As early as the end of the 18th century, the field of astronomy had some outstanding female scientists such as Caroline Herschel and various female astronomers in the vicinity of Jérôme de Lalande , who specifically promoted them and in 1786, with Astronomie des dames, wrote an overview work on astronomy especially for female readers, in which he has already listed around 20 female astronomers. Among them was the first professor of astronomy, Louise du Pierry . Mathematicians in particular found a chance for scientific work here. Since books and instruments were expensive, they often came to astronomy through family connections such as Caroline Herschel or were inherently wealthy such as Émilie du Châtelet . As in other scientific disciplines, women in astronomy only had a greater share in the development of astronomy and professional career opportunities in the 20th century.

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B.

  • Natalie Batalha

  • Sophie Brahe

C.

  • Catherine Jeanne Cesarsky

  • Émilie du Châtelet

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F.

  • Williamina Fleming

  • Anna Frebel

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Caroline Herschel

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  • Margaret Lindsay Huggins

  • Heidi Mutton

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J

K

  • Dorothea Klumpke

  • Lenka Kotková

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  • Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd

M.

  • Maria Mitchell

  • Janet Akyüz Mattei

O

P

  • Carolyn Porco

  • Ruby Payne-Scott

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S.

  • Carolyn Shoemaker

  • Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen

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  • Margaret Turnbull

  • Alenoush Terian

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V

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  • Mary Watson Whitney

  • Jennifer J. Wiseman

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  1. ↑ Londa Schiebinger: The Mind Has No Sex ?: Women in the Origins of Modern Science. Cambridge, London: Harvard University Press, 1989, p. 4.
  2. ^ Jérôme de Lalande : Astronomie des dames , Paris 1786. Archives