Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xiii
List of Abbreviations xvii
Acknowledgments xxiii
Prelude xxv
1 Beginnings 1
2 Navigating My Life with the Stars Anne Pyne Cowley (PhD, 1963) 31
3 Making Things Work Ann Merchant Boesgaard (PhD, 1966) 40
4 Changing the Landscape Sidney Wolff (PhD, 1966) 53
5 Kites Rise against the Wind Jocelyn Bell Burnell (PhD, 1968) 63
6 Breaking through the Telescopic Glass Ceiling Virginia Trimble (PhD, 1968) 73
7 Be Your Own Advocate Roberta M. Humphreys (PhD, 1969) 85
8 An Astronomer in Mexico Silvia Torres-Peimbert (PhD, 1969) 95
9 My Life in Astronomy Neta A. Bahcall (PhD, 1970) 105
10 Equations, Satellites, and Telescopes Catherine Cesarsky (PhD, 1971) 116
11 A Long and Winding Road Judith (Judy) Gamora Cohen (PhD, 1971) 127
12 Taking Advantage of Opportunity Judith Lynn Pipher (PhD, 1971) 139
13 Princeton 1984 Gillian (Jill) Knapp (PhD, 1972) 150
14 The Southern Half of the Sky Patricia Ann Whitelock (PhD, 1976) 161
15 A Long Way for a Wee Lassie Anneila I. Sargent (PhD, 1977) 171
16 Hands-on Adventures with Telescopes: From the Backyard to Cerro Chajnantor Martha P. Haynes (PhD, 1978) 181
17 The Learn'd Astronomer Discovers the Policy World France Anne Córdova (PhD, 1979) 194
18 From Stars to Comets and Back Dina Prialnik (PhD, 1980) 204
19 From Stargazing the Southern Cross to Probing the Depths of the History of the Milky Way Beatriz Barbuy (PhD, 1982) 214
20 A Journey through Space and Time Rosemary (Rosie) F. G. Wyse (PhD, 1983) 225
21 A Fortunate Sequence of Events Bozena Czerny (PhD, 1984) 236
22 Building a Worldwide Astrochemistry Community Ewine F. van Dishoeck (PhD, 1984) 244
23 My Astronomical Journey Wendy L. Freedman (PhD, 1984) 256
24 The Gentlemen and Me Meg Urry (PhD, 1984) 267
25 An Astronomer (Not a Pirate!) of Penzance Cathie Clarke (PhD, 1987) 279
26 From Six Meters to Thirty Meters, Ever Expanding Horizons Saeko S. Hayashi (PhD, 1987) 289
27 The Unfading Joy of Being an Astronomer Grazina Tautvaišiene (PhD, 1988) 301
28 Inspired by a Maths Dress Carole Mundell (PhD, 1995) 311
29 Gravitational Love Gabriela (Gaby) González (PhD, 1995) 322
30 Not Taking "No" for an Answer: Learning How to Persist and Persevere with a Smile Vicky Kalogera (PhD, 1997) 333
31 Adventures Mapping the Dark Universe Priyamvada Natarajan (PhD, 1999) 344
32 On Becoming an Astronomer and Advancing Science Dara J. Norman (PhD, 1999) 355
33 Adventures in the Search for Other Earths Sara Seager (PhD, 1999) 366
34 From Serendip to Serendipity Hiranya Peiris (PhD, 2003) 377
35 A Train to the Stars Poonam Chandra (PhD, 2005) 388
36 Staring at the Stars Xuefei Chen (PhD, 2005) 400
37 The Sky Is for Everyone Shazrene S. Mohamed (PhD, 2009) 411
38 Flipping Tables from the Sonoran Desert to the Stars Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew (PhD, 2010) 423
39 Postlude 433
Further Reading and Additional Resources 435
Index of Subjects 451
Index of People 463