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ORGANIZER:Royal Astronomical Society
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DESCRIPTION:Astronomy\, and popular interest in it\, flourished to a remark
 able degree in Britain in the nineteenth century\, women being among its vo
 taries. In her talk Dr Bruck will outline the little-known contribution of 
 women to astronomy - from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.
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 nterprising amateur astronomers had private observatories for serious resea
 rch\, assisted in many cases by female family members. Dr Bruck will explai
 n how later on\, independently-minded women with university degrees sought 
 proper professional careers in science\, with only limited success. The pat
 h to equality was to be a very slow one.
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\nDr Bruck's lecture will descr
 ibe the lives and contributions of some of these interesting women\, includ
 ing the famous comet discoverer Caroline Herschel (sister of William\, disc
 overer of Uranus and the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society)
 .
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SUMMARY:The fascination of the heavens: women in astronomy in Britain in an
  age before equality
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LOCATION:Royal Astronomical Society Burlington House Lecture Theatre
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