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Philosophers and poets in times past tried to figure out why the stainless moon "smoothly polished, like a diamond" in Dante's words, had stains. The agreed solution was that, like a mirror, it reflected the imperfect Earth. Today we smile, but it was a clever way to understand the Moon in a manner that was consistent with the beliefs of their age. The Moon is no longer the "in" thing. We see it as often as the Sun and give it little thought — we've become indifferent. However, the Moon does reflect more than just sunlight. The Moon, or more precisely the nomenclature of lunar craters, still holds up a mirror to an important aspect of human history. Of the 1586 craters that have been named honoring philosophers and scientists, only 28 honor a woman. These 28 women of the Moon present us with an opportunity to meditate on this gap, but perhaps more significantly, they offer us an opportunity to talk about their lives, mostly unknown today.
Contents
Understanding the Moon
Lunar Nomenclature
1: Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370-415)
2: Catherine of Alexandria (‾287-‾305)
3: Nicole-Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723-1788)
4: Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750-1848)
5: Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872)
6: Anne Sheepshanks (1789-1876)
7: Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816-1900)
8: Maria Mitchell (1818-1889)
9: Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907)
10: Sofia Vasílyevna Kovalévskaya (1850-1891)
11: Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder (1868-1947)
12: Williamina Paton Fleming (1857-1911)
13: Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941)
14: Antonia Maury (1866-1952)
15: Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921)
16: Mary Adela Blagg (1858-1944)
17: Mary A. Proctor (1862-1957)
18: Marie Sk?odowska-Curie (1867-1934)
19: Lise Meitner (1878-1968)
20: Amalie Emmy Noether (1882-1935)
21: Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888-1970)
22: Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896-1975)
23: Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957)
24: Judith Arlene Resnik (1949-1986)
25: Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986)
26: Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003)
27: Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961-2003)
28: Valentina Vladímirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (1937-)