Henrietta Swan Leavitt was a Harvard "computer" — one of several women in the early 1900s who studied photographic plates for fundamental properties of stars.

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was one of many women “computers” who worked at Harvard University, cataloging stars around the turn of the last century.Women could be paid less than men, and were ...

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We used to think the Milky Way was the only galaxy, but with one simple law, Henrietta Swan Leavitt changed that forever – and she didn't even need a telescope. A century ago, the Universe ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born on July 4, 1868, in Lancaster, Mass., the oldest of seven children. She was named for her mother, Henrietta Swan (Kendrick) Leavitt.

Long have we read about the prejudices against women in the STEM fields. Most scientists and engineers are men. While women are better represented in the biological sciences, according to the Natio… ...

This week on Looking Up guest host Caitlyn Voige illuminates a luminary by the name of Henrietta Swan Leavitt. When we look up into the night sky, stars look immeasurably small and distant ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt grasped for the stars at a time when women were usually confined to home and hearth. An astronomer who revolutionized our understanding of the vastness of the universe years ...