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,day4  ,:]eas ,national ,woman          
,a/ronom]s ,day recognizes & emphasizes 
! importance ( ,am]ican wom5 9 a/ronomy1
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,am]ican a/ronom] to discov] a comet1 ! 
fir/ woman appo9t$ z a pr(essor (       
a/ronomy 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 & a co-f\nd]
 ( ! ,association = ! ,advancem5t (     
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fir/ woman elect$ z an (fic] ( !        
,am]ican ,a/ronomical ,society2  7#c7   
,h5rietta ,swan ,leavitt1 :o discov]$ a 
way to reliably calculate va/ di/ances  
to a/ronomical objects1 :i* l$ to a %ift
 9 ! und]/&+ ( ! scale & nature ( !     
univ]se2  7#d7 ,dr4 ,cecilia            

,payne-,gapos*k91 :o det]m9$ t />s are  
compos$ prim>ily ( hydrog5 & helium & 0 
! fir/ woman to s]ve z a dep>tm5t *air  
at ,h>v>d ,univ]sity2  7#e7 ,dr4 ,nancy 
,grace ,roman1 ! fir/ woman to hold a   
s5ior executive role at ! ,national     
,a]onautics & ,space ,adm9i/ration1 its 
fir/ ,*ief ( ,a/ronomy1 & widely kn[n z 
,! ,"m ( ,hubble = h] f\ndational role 9
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 = :om ! ,nancy ,grace ,roman ,space    
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curves provid$ key evid5ce = d>k matt]1 
& = :om ! ,national ,sci5ce ,f\ndation  
,dep>tm5t ( ,en]gy ,v]a ,c4 ,rub9       
,obs]vatory is nam$--! fir/ ,unit$      
,/ates national obs]vatory nam$ aft] a  
woman2  7#g7 ,dr4 ,e4 ,m>g>et ,burbidge1
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revolutioniz$ our und]/&+ ( /ell>       
nucleosyn!sis & s]v$ z ! fir/ female    
presid5t ( ! ,am]ican ,a/ronomical      
,society2  7#h7 ,dr4 ,b>b>a ,a4         
,williams1 a lead] 9 *>act]iz+ ! hydrog5

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obs]vations & ! fir/ ,african-,am]ican  
woman to e>n a doctorate 9 a/ronomy2    
7#i7 ,dr4 ,sidney ,c4 ,wolff1 ^: rese>* 
gave insight into magnetic />s & 0 !    
fir/ woman to lead a ,unit$ ,/ates      
,national ,obs]vatory2  7#aj7 ,dr4 ,w5dy
 ,fre$man1 :o conducts gr\ndbreak+      
rese>* on cosmology & ! ,hubble con/ant1
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expansion rate2  7#aa7 ,dr4 ,elisa      
,qu9tana1 :o discov]$ ! fir/ ,e>?-siz$  
exoplanet f\nd 9 ! habitable zone ( a />
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,a/ronomy2  7#ac7 ,dr4 ,&rea ,ghez1 :o  
l$ rese>* provid+ compell+ evid5ce = a  
sup]massive black hole at ! c5t] ( !    
,milky ,way & is ! only woman to ev] w9 
a ,nobel ,prize = a/ronomy rese>*2 &    
7#ad7 c\ntless o!r wom5 ^: pione]+      
a*ievem5ts & d$ication h exp&$ !        
fronti]s ( a/ronomy2  ,:]eas wom5's     

contributions 9 ! field ( a/ronomy h be5
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curr5tly make up only #cj p]c5t ( !     
a/ronomical work=ce2 ,:]eas increas+ !  
numb] ( wom5 9 ! field ( a/ronomy w be  
critical to ma9ta9+ a competitive       
work=ce & programs2 & ,:]eas div]sity 9 
any field incorporates diff]5t          
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creative & pione]+ solutions3 ,n[1      
!re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (               
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 recognizes !     
celebration ( ,national ,woman          
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_m notable contributions t wom5 h made  
to ! field ( a/ronomy 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2
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obs]ve ,national ,woman ,a/ronom]s ,day 
) appropriate programs & activities2 &  
7#c7 affirms ! commitm5t ( ! ,h\se (    
,repres5tatives to ensur+ t all wom5 h  
equal access to opportunity 9 ! field ( 
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