List of women astronomers
The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable women who have made contributions to the field of astronomy. A Madge Adam (1912–2001), English solar astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born 1968), English space scientist Conny Aerts (born 1966), Belgian astrophysicist specializing in asteroseismology Aglaonike (c. 1st or 2nd Century BCE), ancient Greek astronomer and thaumaturge María Luisa Aguilar Hurtado (1938–2015), Peruvian astronomer Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912–1954), German variable star astronomer Elizabeth Alexander (1908–1958), English geologist and physicist Leah Allen (1884–1973), American astronomer and educator Adelaide Ames (1900 - 1932), American astronomer Anja Cetti Andersen (born 1965), Danish astronomer focused on cosmic dust Necia H. Apfel (born 1930), American astronomer and educator Alice Archenhold (1874–1943), German astronomer Anne Archibald, Canadian astronomer and educator B Neta Bahcall (born 1942), Israeli astrophysicist and cosmologist specializing in dark matter Odette Bancilhon (1908–1998), French astronomer Amy Barger (born 1971), American galactic astronomer Nadine G. Barlow, American planetary scientist Amy Barr, American planetary geophysicist Maria A. Barucci, Italian astronomer Sarbani Basu, Indian-American Astronomer working in solar and stellar astrophysics Natalie Batalha (born 1966), American Astronomer Stefi Baum (born 1958), American astronomer and educator Reta Beebe (born 1936), American planetary scientist Emilia Pisani Belserene (1922-2012), American astronomer