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Virginia Trimble

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The Sky Is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words Edited by Virginia Trimble and David A. Weintraub
An inspiring anthology of writings by trailblazing women astronomers from around the globe
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In dialogue: Writing women鈥檚 history We asked four of our authors the following question: What do we find when we read 鈥榳omen鈥� into histories that often exclude them? Read More

A women sitting and looking at the starry sky

Virginia Trimble and David Weintraub on The Sky is for Everyone The Sky Is for Everyone聽is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical essays by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy. Read More

A photograph of a woman silhouetted against a night sky with stars

The women who opened the doors to astronomy In France, Dorothea Klumpke earned her Docteur-猫s-Sciences at the University of Paris in mathematical astronomy in 1893, after completing her thesis, 鈥淟鈥檈tude des Anneaux de Saturne鈥� (A study of the rings of Saturn), thereby becoming the first woman ... Read More

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