Women in Astronomy: A Comprehensive Bibliography

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Hoffleit, Dorrit. Leavitt, Henrietta Swan. In Notable American women, 1607-1950, a biographical dictionary. Edward T. James, editor. v., 2. G-O. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. p. 382-383.
   CT3260.N57, v. 2

Kuhn, Karl F. Henrietta Leavitt. In his Astronomy: a journey into science. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1989. p. 542. port.
   QB43.2.K835 1989
   The portrait appears on p. 540.

La Cotardière, Philippe de. La gloire confisquée d'Henrietta Leavitt. Ciel et espace, no. 321, fév. 1997: 68-71. ports.
   Includes two boxes, "Céphéides et RR Lyrae" (p. 70), and "Les stars du harem de Pickering" (p. 71).

Lang, Harry G., and Bonnie Meath-Lang. Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921), American astronomer. In their Deaf persons in the arts and sciences, a biographical dictionary. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1995] p. 219-221.
   HV2373.L36 1995
   References (5): p. 221.

Leavitt, Henrietta Swan. In The National cyclopedia of American biography. v. 25. New York, J. T. White, 1936. p. 163-164.
   E176.N27, v. 25

Lorenzen, Michael. Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 233-237.
   Q141.N734 1997
   Notes (3): p. 236. Bibliography: p. 236-237.

Mitchell, Helen B. Henrietta Swan Leavitt and Cepheid variables. Physics teacher, v. 14, Mar. 1976: 162-167. illus., ports.
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   Bibliography: p. 167.

Noted woman astronomer. Miss Henrietta Swan Leavitt had done important research work as a member of the staff of Harvard College Observatory. Boston evening transcript, Dec. 13, 1921: 7.
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Richardson, Robert S. Henrietta Leavitt. In his The star lovers. New York, Macmillan Co., 1967. p. 165-170. illus.
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Roy, Jean R. Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921). In his L'astronomie et son histoire. Québec, Presses de l'Université du Québec; Paris, New York, Masson, 1982. p. 268-269.
   QB15.R67 1982

Spangenburg, Raymond. The quiet, 25¢-an-hour computer: Henrietta's little discovery–how it changed astronomy. Science digest, v. 85, Apr. 1979: 35-37. ports.
   Q1.S383, v. 85

Stille, Darlene R. Henrietta Swan Leavitt. In her Extraordinary women scientists. Chicago, Childrens Press, 1995. p. 113-115. port.
   Q130.S75 1995

Thaler, Sebastian. Henrietta Leavitt, 1868-1921. American astronomer. In Notable twentieth-century scientists. v. 3. L-R. Emily J. McMurray, editor. New York, Gale Research [1995] p. 1196-1198. port.
   Q141.N73 1995, v. 3
   References (2): p. 1198.

Thaler, Sebastian. Henrietta Swan Leavitt, 1868-1921. American astronomer. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 319-320.
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   References (4): p. 320.
   The portrait accompanying this sketch is not of Leavitt. Her portrait appears on p. 37, accompanying a sketch of Ruth Fulton Benedict.

[Turner, Herbert H.] [Death of Miss Henrietta Leavitt] Observatory, v. 45, May 1922: 156.
   QB1.O2, v. 45

Williams, Henry S. Miss Leavitt's discovery. In his The great astronomers. Illustrated by the author. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1930. p. 455-460. port.
   QB35.W5

A Woman astronomer. Englishwoman's review, v. 37, Apr. 16, 1906: 118.
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   Reports the announcement by the Harvard Observatory of the "discovery of 25 new variable stars by Miss Henrietta S. Leavitt," citing the Springfield Republican as its source.

Lenoble, Jacqueline

Lenoble, Jacqueline (Mlle) (1928). In France. Délégation générale à la recherche scientifique et technique. Répertoire des scientifiques français. t. 5. Physique. [Paris, La Documentation française] 1967. p. 152.
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Lepaute, Nicole-Reine étable de Labrière

Alic, Margaret. Nicole-Reine étable de la Brière LePaute, 1723-1788. French astronomer. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 323-324.
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   References (7): p. 324.

Connor, Elizabeth. Mme. Lepaute, an eighteenth century computer. San Francisco, Calif., Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1944. 8 p. (Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Leaflet no. 189)
   QB1.A42, no. 189

Eremeeva, Alina I. Nikol -Re n tabl de la Brier (po muzhu madam Lepót). In Astronomicheski kalendar . Peremennaia ch. vyp. 91; 1988. Moskva, "Nauka", 1987. p. 265-266.
   QB9.A75, 1988

Lepaute (madame), née Nicole-Reine étable de Labrière. In Biographie universelle (Michaud), ancienne et moderne. Nouv. éd. t. 24. Paris, Chez Madame C. Desplaces [1859?] p. 218.
   Signed W---s (Weiss).

Lynn, William T. Madame Lepaute. Observatory, v. 34, Feb. 1911: 87-88.
   QB1.O2, v. 34

Le Squeren Anne-Marie Malinge

Le Squeren, Anne-Marie (Mme), née Malinge (1934). In France. Délégation générale à la recherche scientifique et technique. Répertoire des scientifiques français. t. 5. Physique. [Paris, La Documentation française] 1967. p. 153-154.
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Ma, Chung-Pei

Ma wins 1997 Cannon award. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 86, Aug. 1997, 86, Aug. 1997: 7. port.

Madden, Suzanne C.

Madden receives Cannon award. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 75, June 1995: 8.

Makemson, Maude Worcester

Bailey, Martha J. Makemson, Maud Worcester (b. 1891), astronomer. In her American women in science, a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, 1994. p. 232-233.
   Q141.B25 1994

Kiser, Helene B. Maud Worcester Makemson, 1891-1977. American astronomer. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 350-351. port.
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   References (4): p. 351.

Laboratories can be anywhere. Vassar alumnae magazine, v. 34, Dec. 1948: 18-19. ports.
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   Part of this short piece is about Maud Makemson's receipt of a faculty fellowship to allow her to pursue her research on Mayan astronomy. A brief note also appears in Popular Astronomy, v. 56, Oct. 1948, p. 448 (QB1.P8, v. 56).

Makemson, Maud W(orcester). In Current biography. Who's news and why. 1941. Editor, Maxine Block. New York, H. W. Wilson Co. p. 552-554. port.
   CT100.C8, 1941

Maud Makemson. Sky and telescope, v. 55, Apr. 1978: 294.
   QB1.S536, v. 55

Mrs. Maud Makemson. Vassar alumnae magazine, v. 43, Oct. 1957: 18.
   LH1.V3A4, v. 43
   Upon her retirement after 25 years on the faculty. She was the third successor to Maria Mitchell as director of the Vassar College Observatory.

Malhotra, Renu

Renu Malhotra receives Urey Prize. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 87, Oct. 1997: 7.
   Awarded by the Division for Planetary Sciences at its annual meeting in July.

Mandzhavidze, Natalie

Share, Gerald H. Natalie Mandzhavidze, 1955-2001. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 33, no. 4, 2001: 1575-1576. port.

Martel, Marie-Thérèse Chossat

Lunel, Madeleine. Marie-Thérèse Martel (1925-1987). Journal des astronomes français, no 32, avril 1988: 2.

Martel, Marie-Thérèse (Mme), née Chossat (1925). In France. Délégations générale à la recherche scientifique et technique. Répertoire des scientifiques français. t. 5. Physique. [Paris, La Documentation française] 1967. p. 165.
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Martelli, Pamela Helen Mary Rothwell

Gadsen, Michael. Pamela Helen Mary Rothwell Martelli (1926-1991). In Royal Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 33, Sept. 1992: 259-261.

Martres, Marie-Josèphe Trope

Martres, Marie-Josèphe (Mme), née Trope (1924). In France. Délégations générale à la recherche scientifique et technique. Répertoire des scientifiques français. t. 5. Physique. [Paris, La Documentation française] 1967. p. 166.
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Marvin, Ursula Bailey

Bailey, Martha J. Marvin, Ursula Bailey (1921- ), planetary geologist. In her American women in science, a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, 1994. p. 238.
   Q141.B25 1994

Harding, Lauri R. Ursula Bailey Marvin, 1921- . American planetary geologist. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 364-365.
   Q141.N736 1999
   References (5): p. 365.

Masevich, Alla Genrikhovna

Boiarchuk, Aleksandr A. Welcoming address of the SOC chairman. In Modern problems of stellar evolution. Proceedings of the international conference in honour of Professor A. G. Massevitch's 80th birthday, held in Zvenigorod, Russia, 13-15 October 1998. p. vi-vii.
   QB806.M63 1998
   A portrait of Prof. Masevich appears on p. viii.

Levine, Irving R. The 10 most influential women in Russia. Ladies' home journal, v. 76, Apr. 1959: 72-73. ports.
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   Alla Masevich is included.

Lovell, Sir Bernard. The erudite shepherdess of home-made moons: Alla Massevich, the Soviet astronomer. Saturday review, v. 46, Sept. 7, 1963: 44-46. port.
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Masevich, Alla Genrikhovna. In Kolchinski , Il'ia G., Alla A. Korsun', and Modest G. Rodriges. Astronomy; biograficheski spravochnik. Izd. 2, dop. i perer. Kiev, Naukova dumka, 1986. p. 209-210. port.
   QB35.K58 1986

Massevitch, Alla (1918- ), Russian astronomer. In The Grolier library of international biographies. v. 8. Scientists. Danbury, Conn., Grolier Educational Corp. [1996] p. 133.
   CT120.G76 1996, v. 8

Massevitch, Alla G(enrikhovna). In Current biography yearbook. 1964. Edited by Charles Moritz. New York, H. W. Wilson Co., 1965. p. 283-284. port.
   CT100.C8, 1964

Massevitch, Alla Genrikovna. In The International who's who. 64th ed. [London] Europa Publications [2000] p. 1022.
   CT120.I5 2001

Massevitch, Dr. Professor Alla. In Who's who in European research and development. 1995. London, [New Providence, N.J.] Bowker-Saur, 1995. p. 395.
   Q141.W56 1995

Thaler, Sebastian. Alla G. Massevitch, 1918-. Russian astronomer. In Notable twentieth-century scientists. v. 3. L-R. Emily J. McMurray, editor. New York, Gale Research [1995] p. 1324-1325.
   Q141.N73 1995, v. 3

von Matt, Elisabeth, Freiin

Bode, Johann E. [Frau Elisabeth, Reichsfreyin von Matt] In Astronomisches Jahrbuch für das Jahr 1817. Berlin, Gedruckt, bey C. F. E. Späthen, 1814. p. 252-253.
   QB8.G4, 1817
   Brief obituary.

Firneis, Maria G. Elisabeth von Matt (1762-1814) --Austria's first baroque lady of astronomy. In Abstracts of contributed talks and posters presented at the scientific fall meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft at Bochum, September 27-October 1, 1993. Hamburg, 1993. (Astronomische Gesellschaft. Abstract series, no. 9) p. 204.
   Abstract of a poster paper.

Wurzbach, Constantin, Ritter von Tannenberg. Matt, Elisabeth, Freiin. In his Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 17. Th. Wien, Druck und Verlag des K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867. p. 112.
   CT903.W8, v. 17

Mattei, Janet Akyüz

Jordan, Carole. Address of the president (C. Jordan) on the presentation of the Jackson-Gwilt Medal to Dr. J. A. Mattei on Friday 1996 March 8. In Royal Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 37, Sept. 1996: 279.

Mattei, Janet Akyüz. In Who's who in science and engineering. 3d ed. 1996-1997. New Providence, NJ, Marquis Who's Who, 1996. p. 641.
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Maunder, Annie Scott Dill Russell

Annie Russell Maunder. In Scientists: their lives and works. v. 5. Marie C. Ellavich, editor. Detroit, U.X.L. [1998] p. 115-118. illus.
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   "Further Reading": p. 118.

Brück, Mary T., and Sheelagh Grew. The family background of Annie S. D. Maunder (née Russell). Irish astronomical journal, v. 23, Jan. 1996: 55-56. port.
   References (10): p. 56.

Evershed, Mary A. O. Annie Scott Dill Maunder. In Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly notices, v. 108, no. 1, 1948: 48-49.
    QB1.R7, v. 108

Evershed, Mary A. O. Mrs. Walter Maunder. In British Astronomical Association, London. Journal, v. 57, Dec. 1947: 238.
   QB1.B75, v. 57

Ogilvie, Marilyn B. Patterns of collaboration in turn-of-the-century astronomy: the Campbells and the Maunders. In Creative couples in the sciences. Helena M. Pycior, Nancy G. Slack, and Pnina G. Abir-Am, editors. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press [1996] (Lives of women in science) p. 254-266. ports.
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   References (54): p. 342-344.
   The portrait appears on the 13th and 14th pages of plates (following p. 176).

Thaler, Sebastian. Annie Russell Maunder, 1868-1947. Irish astronomer. In Notable twentieth-century scientists. v. 3. L-R. Emily J. McMurray, editor. New York, Gale Research [1995] p. 1333-1334.
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   References (2): p. 1334.

Thaler, Sebastian. Annie Russell Maunder, 1868-1947. Irish astronomer. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 368-369.
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   References (2): p. 369.

Maury, Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira

[Antonia Maury] Vassar alumnae magazine, v. 37, Mar. 1952: 27.
   LH1.V3A4, v. 37

Bailey, Brooke. Antonia Caetania [sic] Maury, 1866-1952. In her The remarkable lives of 100 women healers and scientists. Holbrook, Mass., B. Adams, 1994. (20th century women series) p. 138-139.
   R692.B35 1994
   References (2): p. 139.

Bailey, Martha J. Maury, Antonia Caetana De Paiva Pereira (1866-1952), astronomer. In her American women in science, a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, 1994. p. 240-241.
   Q141.B25 1994

Gingerich, Owen. Maury, Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira. In Dictionary of scientific biography. v. 9. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1974. p. 194-195.
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   Bibliography: p. 195.

Hoffleit, Dorrit. Antonia C. Maury. Sky and telescope, v. 11, Mar. 1952: 106. port.
   QB1.S536, v. 11

Hoffleit, Dorrit. Maury, Antonia Caetana De Paiva Pereira. In Notable American women, the modern period, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Barbara Sicherman, Carold Hurd Green, with Ilene Kantrov, Harriette Walker. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980. p. 464-466.
    CT3260.N573

Larsen, Kristine M. Antonia Maury (1866-1952), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 255-259.
   Q141.N734 1997
   Notes (15): p. 258-259. Bibliography: p. 259.

Maury, Antonia Coetana [sic] In Woman's who's who of America. A biographical dictionary of contemporary women of the United States and Canada. 1914-1915. John William Leonard, editor-in-chief. New York, American Commonwealth Co. [1914] p. 550.
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Milite, George A. Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, 1866-1952. American astronomer. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 369-370.
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   References (2): p. 370.

Milite, George A. Antonia Maury, 1866-1952. American astronomer. In Notable twentieth-century scientists. v. 3. L-R. Emily J. McMurray, editor. New York, Gale Research [1995] p. 1334-1335. References (2): p. 1335.
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Miss Antonia C. Maury. In Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Publications, v. 64, June 1952: 150.
   QB1.A4, v. 64

Miss Antonia Maury. New York times, v. 101, Jan. 10, 1952: 29.
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Stille, Darlene R. Antonia C. Maury. In her Extraordinary women scientists. Chicago, Childrens Press, 1995. p. 120-122. port.
   Q130.S75 1995

Vinter Hansen, Julie M. Antonia C. de P. P. Maury. Nordisk astronomisk tidsskrift, no. 2, 1952: 78.
   QB1.N6, 1952

Welther, Barbara L. Antonia Maury: rainbows and pinwheels. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 13, no. 4, 1981: 816.
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   Abstract of a paper presented at the Society's 159th meeting, Jan. 10-13, 1982, in Boulder, Colorado.

Max, Claire Ellen

Max, Claire E. Claire Ellen Max. In Harvard University. Class of 1968. Harvard and Radcliffe class of 1968. Twenty-fifth anniversary report. [Cambridge, Mass., President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1993] p. 1198-1200. ports.
   LD2147 1968.H37A, 25th, 1993
   Autobiographical.

Mayall, Margaret L. Walton

Death of Margaret Mayall. In Astronomical Society of Southern Africa. Monthly notes, v. 55, Apr. 1996: 38.

Hoffleit, Dorrit. Margaret Walton Mayall, 1902-1995. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 28, no. 4, 1996: 1455-1456. port.

Margaret W. Mayall. Sky & telescope, v. 91, Apr. 1996: 16.
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   Brief obituary.

McBain-Sadler, Flora Munro

Sadler, Flora Munro, née McBain (1912- ). In Chambers Scottish biographical dictionary. Editor, Rosemary Goring. Edinburgh, New York, Chambers, 1992. p. 381.
   DA758.C48 1992

McFadden, Lucy-Ann Adams

Bailey, Martha J. McFadden, Lucy-Ann Adams. In her American women in science, 1950 to the present; a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO [1998] p. 254-255.
   Q141.B254 1998
   Bibliography: p. 255.

McKenna-Lawlor, Susan M. P.

McKenna-Lawlor, Susan. In Modern Irish; dictionary of 20th-century Irish biography. General editor, Louis McRedmond. [Dublin] Gill & Macmillan [1996] p. 196.
   CT862.M63 1996b

McLaughlin, Laura Elizabeth Hill

Cowley, Charles R. Laura H. McLaughlin, 1893-2992. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 23, no. 4, 1991: 1490-1491.
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