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Henrietta Swan Leavitt
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer. Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote galaxies led to a shift in the scale and understanding of the scale and the nature of the universe. Nomination of Leavitt for the Nobel Prize had to be halted because of her death.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
The observatory at Harvard where Henrietta Swan Leavitt worked
The observatory at Harvard where Henrietta Swan Leavitt worked
Henrietta Leavitt (third from left) is shown working among "The Harvard Computers" who assisted astronomer Edward Charles Pickering at the Harvard Col
Henrietta Leavitt (third from left) is shown working among "The Harvard Computers" who assisted astronomer Edward Charles Pickering at the Harvard College Observatory. The assistants also included Annie Jump Cannon, Williamina Fleming, and Antonia Maury.
Leavitt working at her desk in the Harvard College Observatory
Leavitt working at her desk in the Harvard College Observatory
Radcliffe College
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Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard College.
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
Fay House, one of the college's first buildings, and the gymnasium in c. 1904
Fay House, one of the college's first buildings, and the gymnasium in c. 1904
A radio science class at Radcliffe College in 1922
A radio science class at Radcliffe College in 1922
Byerly Hall, built in 1932
Byerly Hall, built in 1932