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2023-05-10 15:29 UTC
From the time she finished her PhD until 1938, Payne's title was "technical assistant" to Harlow Shapley. She performed all the duties of a Harvard professor, but women were not officially promoted to that position. In 1938 she was given the title "Astronomer."
Finally, in 1956 she became the first woman promoted to Full Professor at Harvard. That same year she became the first woman to head a department at Harvard, when she was appointed Chair of Astronomy.
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@mcnees@mastodon.social 2023-05-10 15:39
Now, this is neither here nor there, but around 1976, Cecelia and a friend made this absolutely rad needlepoint of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Images and other materials: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/1021816