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Carolyn Herschel

Carolyn Herschel was an astronomer and researcher who became the first woman, and the only woman for well over a century, to be awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. Her work was formally recognized in 1828.

Image Number: WEB12350-2012
Credit: Photo by Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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