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The 16 pages that link to Women in astronomy, each with the reason it gives.

• Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinNarrower topic: Payne's career illustrates both scientific achievement and barriers in astronomy.

• Henrietta Swan LeavittNarrower topic: Leavitt’s career reflects both women’s scientific contributions and the limits placed on their recognition.

• Harvard ComputersNarrower topic: The Harvard group formed a major early chapter in women’s professional astronomy.

• Williamina FlemingNarrower topic: Fleming’s career exemplifies women’s scientific work within a male-dominated profession.

• Margaret BurbidgeNarrower topic: Burbidge's career became a prominent example of women's scientific achievement and institutional barriers.

• Edward Charles PickeringNarrower topic: Pickering’s employment of women computers offers a prominent case of women’s scientific labor and constrained recognition.

• Caroline HerschelNarrower topic: Herschel’s career became an early landmark in women’s professional astronomy.

• Maria MitchellNarrower topic: Mitchell became a prominent American astronomer when women had few paths into scientific careers.

• Vera RubinNarrower topic: Rubin became a prominent advocate for women’s participation in a field that had excluded them.

• Margaret Lindsay HugginsNarrower topic: Huggins's career belongs to the history of women's scientific work and its institutional recognition.

• Annie S. D. MaunderNarrower topic: Maunder's scientific career unfolded while professional astronomical societies restricted women's membership.

• Dorothea KlumpkeNarrower topic: Klumpke’s appointments and leadership became landmarks in women’s astronomical careers.

• Maria Margaretha KirchNarrower topic: Kirch’s work offers an early, well-documented case of a woman practicing astronomy professionally.

• Mary Watson WhitneyNarrower topic: Whitney’s teaching and observatory leadership formed part of women’s growing participation in the discipline.