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Laurel: The remarkable Ms. Henrietta Swan Leavitt of Lancaster, pioneering astronomer
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Brian Nelson Laurel cartoon on Henrietta...
How human 'computers' Annie Jump Cannon and Henrietta Swan Leavitt revolutionized astronomy
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn the early 20th century, a team of women went far beyond their job descriptions, not to mention...
Star-Spangled Birthdays: 31 Famous Americans Born on the Fourth of July
Cheapism via AOL· 11 months agoBettman/Getty Images Yankee Doodle Dandies While the Fourth of July is most famous for being the...
Meet Delaware's 'Census Taker of the Sky' and learn how she was inspired by 'great comet'
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“The great comet," the Milford Chronicle reported on Sept. 23, 1882, “which has this week blazed out...
Distant gravitational wave event gets noticed
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 23—Local UTRGV astronomer Richard Camuccio enthralled students in Ashley Saenz's after-school astronomy club last week as he shared data and information about one of the most powerful gamma-ray ...
Artists will take visitors inside their process during the South Sound Studio Tour
The Olympian via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe free South Sound Studio Tour, happening Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21, offers a chance to...
Things to do: Here's a lineup of St. Augustine's weekend events
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAmerica's oldest city is once again chock full of special events and happenings as we celebrate the...
OKC theater spotlights women's hidden history with 'The Chinese Lady' and 'Silent Sky'
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFrom the first documented Chinese woman to come to America to an early astronomer who changed...
Weekend events in St. Augustine
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAmerica's oldest city is chock-full of weekend events including its Nights of Lights. Here's a sampling of some: Friday, December 1 Visitors will...
Deaf women fought for the right to vote
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWomen protested outside the White House in 1917, seeking the right to vote. Harris & Ewing via Library of CongressIf Susan B. Anthony had a deaf sister,...
