Who Was Henrietta Leavitt The Brilliant Female Astronomer

Introducing a famous woman in science, Henrietta Swan Leavittshe was one of a number of volunteer women astronomers who were allowed to serve as computers at Harvard College Observatory, doing tedious work male scientists wouldn t do, and ultimately making a discovery now known as Leavitt s Law, which allows us to measure the distance to stars Learn more about Henrietta s incredible discovery in this episode of Great Minds on SciShow Like SciShow: Follow SciShow: References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: