Information on the history of women in astronomy, including biographies.
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- 4000 Years of Women in Science Women's contributions to science, from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
- International Women's Air & Space Museum, Inc. A museum dedicated to the contributions women have made in the air and space sciences.
- About.Com: Women in Astronomy About.Com's guide to women astronomers.
- Engines of our Ingenuity: Women in Astronomy A radio show episode about German women astronomers in the 17th century.
- History of Women in Astronomy The text and images from a slide set on women astronomers available from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Includes capsule biographies of women from Carolyn Herschel to Sidney Wolff.
- Five Remarkable Women at the Crossroads of Astronomy Information on Caroline Herschel, Annie Jump Cannon, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, and Vera Rubin.
- U.S. Naval Observatory Description of the contributions made by women to the United States Naval Observatory.