Well, Despite the fact that I have done a lot of imaging my major here at Carleton is actually history. However, when it came time to write my comps thesis, I wanted to combine these two interests. After hearing Cindy Blaha's lecture on women astronomers at Harvard at the turn of the century, I decided to investigate these women. In the end I wrote my comps about U.S. Women Astronomers in the 20th century. Through the process of writing my comps I have gathered a bunch of useful information that I hope to give you a taste of here. If you would like to read my entire thesis, a copy of it is on file in the Carleton College History Department.

Early Women Astronomer at Harvard.

- link here for some info and pictures I put together last year on some early women astronomers including Annie Jump Cannon, Antonia Maury, Williamina Fleming, and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

Background and general information on U.S. women astronomers

-some introductory information about the status of women in astronomy.

Beatrice Hill Tinsley

-some information about this famous woman astronomer.

Mount Wilson and Palomar

-some historical information about women and these telescopes.

Carleton Facts

-Some interesting facts about Carleton's astronomical history

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