She was one of a number of female “computers” at the observatory, whose job it was to process astronomical data. At this ...

Born in Massachusetts on July 4, 1868, Henrietta Swan Leavitt attended the country’s first co-ed college, Oberlin, before completing her degree at the Society for Collegiate Instruction of Women ...

For 30 years, Henrietta Swan Leavitt flooded notebooks with meticulous data nested inside hand-drawn tables. She and her fellow female “Harvard computers” earned 25 cents an hour to track the minutest ...

Minnesota West Community and Technical College Theater presents "Silent Sky," by Lauren Gunderson, with performances at 7:30 ...