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Old 15-04-2009, 07:34 AM
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credit where its due

Regardless of numbers, I think the ladies who are into astronomy have contributed above their fighting weight.

Williamina Fleming, Henrietta Leavitt, Annie Jump Cannon, Cecilia Payne, were all responsible for great advances in our knowledge of the universe, (and, I am ashamed to say, that the men each one worked with, took the accolades.)
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