
March is women’s history month and we have been celebrating. But honestly, there are so many women who have made profound contributions to astronomy, science, space exploration and more that it has been difficult to pick just a few to spotlight. All of us at the SETI Institute stand on the shoulders of these women and we are in awe of what they achieved in spite of the challenges they faced. We honor all women who changed our world and here are just a few:

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghez/

https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Herschel_Caroline/

https://www.nasa.gov/content/mary-w-jackson-biography

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/anandibai-joshi-all-about-the-first-indian-female-doctor-with-a-degree-in-western-medicine-1654396-2020-03-11

https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/cannon.html

https://annettelee.com/index.php/bio/

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/african-americans-in-sciences/marie-maynard-daly.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/549032a

https://www.mariamitchell.org/about-maria-mitchell

http://uhura.com/about/

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/about/people/orgs/bios/ochoa.html

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ana-roque-de-duprey

https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/people/carolyn-shoemaker

https://www.seti.org/our-scientists/jill-tarter

https://airandspace.si.edu/people/historical-figure/valentina-tereshkova

https://cpcchina.chinadaily.com.cn/2012-12/03/content_15981597.htm