Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Resource Guide

A Few General References on Women in Science

Alic, M. Hypatia's Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity to the Late 19th Century. 1986, Women's Press.

Kass-Simon, G. & Farnes, P., eds. Women of Science. 1990, Indiana U. Press.

Ogilvie, M. Women in Science (A Biographical Dictionary). 1986, MIT Press.

Rossiter, M. Women Scientists in America. 1982, Johns Hopkins U. Press.

Shearer, B. & B. Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary. 1997, Greenwood Press.

Yount, L. American Profiles: Contemporary Women Scientists. 1994, Facts on File.

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References on the Lives and Work of 36 Specific Women Astronomers:

Baliunas, Sallie

Flamsteed, Sallie "Star Spots: The Work of Sallie Baliunas" in Discover, Dec. 1991, p. 29.

Hoffman, Paul Great Minds of Science. 1999, Simon & Schuster Audiobooks. This audiotape collections includes a discussion with Baliunas.

Web Sites:

Brief Bio at Tech Central Station: http://www.techcentralstation.com/Bios.asp?FormMode=Bio&ID=150

1998 Interview in Reason Magazine: http://www.reason.com/9810/fe.baliunas.html

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Bell Burnell, Jocelyn

Bell Burnell, Jocelyn "Little Green Men, White Dwarfs, or What?" in Sky & Telescope, Mar. 1978, p. 218.

Bell Burnell, Jocelyn "The Discovery of Pulsars" in Kellermann, K. & Sheets, B., eds. Serendipitous Discoveries in Radio Astronomy. 1983, Nat’l Radio Astron. Observatory.

Greenstein, George "Neutron Stars and the Discovery of Pulsars" in Mercury, Mar/Apr. 1985, p. 34 and May/June 1985, p. 66.

Reed G. "The Discovery of Pulsars: Was Credit Given Where it Was Due?" in Astronomy, Dec. 1983, p. 24.

Wade, N. "Discovery of Pulsars: A Graduate Student's Story" in Science, Aug. 1, 1975, p. 358.

Web Sites:

1977 After-dinner speech about her discovery: http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm

1995 Interview: http://www.nmt.edu/~kweather/bell.html

Biographical Summary at the Contributions of Women to Physics Site at UCLA: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Burnell,_Jocelyn_Bell@841234567.html

Star Child Page for Kids (with an audio interview): http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/bell.html

ASP Women Slide Set Page: http://cannon.sfsu.edu/~gmarcy/cswa/history/burnell.html

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Boesgaard, Ann

Boesgaard, Ann "One Woman's Journey" in Mercury, Jan/Feb. 1992, p. 19.

Web Sites:

Her Home Page at U. of Hawaii: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~boes/

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Boggess, Nancy

Mather, John & Boslaugh, John The Very First Light. 1996, HarperCollins. Story of the COBE mission, with several sections about her role in it.

Web Site:

ASP Women Slide Set: http://cannon.sfsu.edu/~gmarcy/cswa/history/boggess.html

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Burbidge, Margaret

Arp, Halton & Fraknoi, Andrew "The Award of the 1982 Bruce Medal to Margaret Burbidge" in Mercury, Sep/Oct. 1982, p. 154.

Burbidge, Margaret "Adventure into Space [Presidential Address to the American Association for the Advancement of Science]" in Science, vol. 221, p. 421 (1983).

Burbidge, Margaret "Watcher of the Skies" in Annual Reviews of Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 32, p. 1 (An auto-biographical article in a technical volume.)

Croswell, Ken The Alchemy of the Heavens: Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way. 1995, Doubleday. See Chapter 9.

Reed, J. "A Great Woman Astronomer Leaves England Again" in Smithsonian, Jan. 1974, p. 34.

Rubin, Vera "Margaret Burbidge: AAAS President-Elect" in Science, vol. 211, p. 915 (1981).

"The Stargazer" in Time magazine, Mar. 20, 1972, p. 38.

Web Sites:

Bruce Medal Profile: http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/BurbidgeM/index.html

Short biography by Vera Rubin: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/articles/burbidge-rubin.html

Biographical Information at the Contributions of Women to Physics Site at UCLA: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Burbidge,_E._Margaret@932123456.html

ASP Women Slide Set Page: http://cannon.sfsu.edu/~gmarcy/cswa/history/burbidge.html

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