Woman in STEM by Mateo Olivera

Who was the woman?

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Did she overcome any of the seven barriers?

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How did she do it?

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University of Toronto and became a professor in 1957. In 1940-1941 she was a visiting professor and acting chair of the department of astronomy at Mount Holyoke College, and in 1955-1956 she was a program director in astronomy for the National Science Foundation. She was considered a world expert on the night sky
In 1950 she won the Annie Jump Cannon prize of the American Astronomical Society. In 1967 she was awarded the Centennial Medal of Canada and in 1976 she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada— one of the highest honors in the nation. She became the first woman president of the physical sciences section of the Royal Society of Canada in 1960. She was also the first female president of the Royal Canadian Institute (1964-1965) and founding president of the Canadian Astronomical Society (1971-1972).

Glossary

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Videos

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Photos

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1922

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 Péter enrolled at Eötvös Loránd University in 1922 with the intention of studying chemistry but soon discovered that her real interest was mathematics.