The sky is for everyone : women astronomers in their own words / edited by Virginia Trimble and David A. Weintraub.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trimble, Virginia, editor.

Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in astronomy--History.

Women in astronomy.

Women astronomers--Biography.

Women astronomers.

Physical Description:

505 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2022.

©2022

Summary:

An inspiring anthology of writings by trailblazing women astronomers from around the globeThe Sky Is for Everyone is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical essays by women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy. Virginia Trimble and David Weintraub vividly describe how, before 1900, a woman who wanted to study the stars had to have a father, brother, or husband to provide entry, and how the considerable intellectual skills of women astronomers were still not enough to enable them to pry open doors of opportunity for much of the twentieth century. After decades of difficult struggles, women are closer to equality in astronomy than ever before. Trimble and Weintraub bring together the stories of the tough and determined women who flung the doors wide open. Taking readers from 1960 to today, this triumphant anthology serves as an inspiration to current and future generations of women scientists while giving voice to the history of a transformative era in astronomy.With contributions by Neta Bahcall, Beatriz Barbuy, Ann Merchant Boesgaard, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Catherine Cesarsky, Poonam Chandra, Xuefei Chen, Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew, Cathie Clarke, Judith Gamora Cohen, France Anne Córdova, Anne Pyne Cowley, Bożena Czerny, Wendy L. Freedman, Gabriela González, Saeko S. Hayashi, Martha Patricia Haynes, Roberta Humphreys, Vicky Kalogera, Gillian Knapp, Shazrene S. Mohamed, Carole Mundell, Priyamvada Natarajan, Dara Norman, Hiranya Peiris, Judith Lynn Pipher, Dina Prialnik, Anneila I. Sargent, Sara Seager, Gražina Tautvaišienė, Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Virginia Trimble, Meg Urry, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Patricia Ann Whitelock, Sidney Wolff, and Rosemary F. G. Wyse.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Prelude

1. Beginnings

2. Anne Pyne Cowley (PhD, 1963): Navigating My Life with the Stars

3. Ann Merchant Boesgaard (PhD, 1966): Making Things Work

4. Sidney Wolff (PhD, 1966): Changing the Landscape

5. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (PhD, 1968): Kites Rise against the Wind

6. Virginia Trimble (PhD, 1968): Breaking through the Telescopic Glass Ceiling

7. Roberta M. Humphreys (PhD, 1969): Be Your Own Advocate

8. Silvia Torres-Peimbert (PhD, 1969): An Astronomer in Mexico

9. Neta A. Bahcall (PhD, 1970): My Life in Astronomy

10. Catherine Cesarsky (PhD, 1971): Equations, Satellites, and Telescopes

11. Judith ( Judy) Gamora Cohen (PhD, 1971): A Long and Winding Road

12. Judith Lynn Pipher (PhD, 1971): Taking Advantage of Opportunity

13. Gillian ( Jill) Knapp (PhD, 1972): Princeton 1984

14. Patricia Ann Whitelock (PhD, 1976): The Southern Half of the Sky

15. Anneila I. Sargent (PhD, 1977): A Long Way for a Wee Lassie

16. Martha P. Haynes (PhD, 1978): Hands-on Adventures with Telescopes: From the Backyard to Cerro Chajnantor

17. France Anne Córdova (PhD, 1979): The Learn'd Astronomer Discovers the Policy World

18. Dina Prialnik (PhD, 1980): From Stars to Comets and Back

19. Beatriz Barbuy (PhD, 1982): From Stargazing the Southern Cross to Probing the Depths of the History of the Milky Way

20. Rosemary (Rosie) F. G. Wyse (PhD, 1983): A Journey through Space and Time

21. Bozena Czerny (PhD, 1984): A Fortunate Sequence of Events

22. Ewine F. van Dishoeck (PhD, 1984): Building a Worldwide Astrochemistry Community

23. Wendy L. Freedman (PhD, 1984): My Astronomical Journey

24. Meg Urry (PhD, 1984): The Gentlemen and Me

25. Cathie Clarke (PhD, 1987): An Astronomer (Not a Pirate!) of Penzance

26. Saeko S. Hayashi (PhD, 1987): From Six Meters to Thirty Meters, Ever Expanding Horizons

27. Gražina Tautvaišiene (PhD, 1988): The Unfading Joy of Being an Astronomer

28. Carole Mundell (PhD, 1995): Inspired by a Maths Dress

29. Gabriela (Gaby) González (PhD, 1995): Gravitational Love

30. Vicky Kalogera (PhD, 1997): Not Taking "No" for an Answer: Learning How to Persist and Persevere with a Smile

31. Priyamvada Natarajan (PhD, 1999): Adventures Mapping the Dark Universe

32. Dara J. Norman (PhD, 1999): On Becoming an Astronomer and Advancing Science

33. Sara Seager (PhD, 1999): Adventures in the Search for Other Earths

34. Hiranya Peiris (PhD, 2003): From Serendip to Serendipity

35. Poonam Chandra (PhD, 2005): A Train to the Stars

36. Xuefei Chen (PhD, 2005): Staring at the Stars

37. Shazrene S. Mohamed (PhD, 2009): The Sky Is for Everyone

38. Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew (PhD, 2010): Flipping Tables from the Sonoran Desert to the Stars

39. Postlude

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691207100