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Wayne Countryside
Garden Club

Wayne Countryside Garden Club

Wayne, Illinois  |  Since 1955
WAYNE, ILLINOIS - SINCE 1955

Spring Luncheon - "The Women Who Measured The Stars"

Date:  May 21, 2026

Time:  11:00 - 3:00

Location:  Dunham Woods Riding Club   |  33w333 Army Trail Rd, Wayne, IL 60184

Presenter

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Rebecca Tulloch

Details

In the late 19th and early 20th Century, Women Astronomers of the Harvard College Observatory calculated the distances, temperatures and composition of the stars. Facing many challenges including sexism from their male colleagues who's common belief was that women were not worthy of earning college degrees and could never achieve serious scientific accomplishments, Henrietta Swan Leavitt led the shift in astronomical understanding of the scale and understanding of the universe; Annie Jump Cannon was instrumental in the development of the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures and spectral types; and Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin discovered that Stars were primarily composed of hydrogen and helium. Everyone has heard of Galileo and Newton, now it’s time to learn about the Women Who Measured the Stars.

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*Members only

RSVP

To purchase tickets, please contact angeheathman@hotmail.com

Location

Home of Emily Miller

33W460 Thorncroft Drive, Wayne, IL

*Members only

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