When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Henrietta Swan Leavitt was a Harvard "computer" — one of several women in the early 1900s ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt revolutionized astronomy and our understanding of the universe. "Silent Sky," currently performing at Ford's Theatre, finally gives her center stage.

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was one of many women “computers” who worked at Harvard University, cataloging stars around the turn of the last century.Women could be paid less than men, and were ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time, discovered the relationship between a star’s brightness and its fluctuation period. This breakthrough allowed Edwin Hubble to measure ...

This week on Looking Up guest host Caitlyn Voige illuminates a luminary by the name of Henrietta Swan Leavitt. When we look up into the night sky, stars look immeasurably small and distant ...

Henrietta Leavitt was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of a Congregational minister. She attended Oberlin College and the Society for Collegiate Instruction of Women (later Radcliffe ...

LANCASTER — Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s 150th birthday passed with very little fanfare in her hometown. Admittedly, she didn’t live there long. Born in Lancaster on July 4, 1868, her… ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt grasped for the stars at a time when women were usually confined to home and hearth. An astronomer who revolutionized our understanding of the vastness of the universe years ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born on July 4, 1868, in Lancaster, Mass., the oldest of seven children. She was named for her mother, Henrietta Swan (Kendrick) Leavitt.