InfoGuides: Deaf Women: Scientists and Astronomers

Finding Information about Deaf Women Scientists

Use the Gallaudet databases and collective biographies to locate names of Deaf women scientists, physicians, and astronomers. Check out the script, 'Silent Sky' about Henrietta Swan Leavitt and Annie Jump Cannon, deaf astronomers. Check out the ASL Lecture DVD by Harry Lang: Deaf scientists their invisible roles in history of ASL and Deaf community, HV2474 .A72 1987 no. 58.

Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer
Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and their circle
Ruth Benedict is considered the 'mother of visual anthropology' and was a deaf anthropologist and professor.
Look Up! Henrietta Leavitt, pioneering woman astronomer
Tells the story of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who created the formula for measuring the luminosity of stars.
Miss Leavitt's Stars: the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe
Scientist and Physician, Judith Pachciarz

Contributions of deaf people to entomology: A hidden legacy
Find Deaf women botanists.
Julia Velasquez
Check out this contemporary Deaf woman who wants to be an astronomer!
Cornell Plant Sciences Deaf Graduate Students