Florence Cushman

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Florence Cushman was one of the Harvard University computers from 1888 onward. In the nineteenth century a "computer" was a scientific assistant trained for observations and exact calculations, particularly of positions of celestial objects. Edward Charles Pickering had opened the door for women to do this job as well and much of her work would be with Pickering. Among her best known works for him was A Catalogue of 16,300 Stars Observed with the 12-inch Meridian Photometer. She also worked with Annie Jump Cannon. That said as a female computer she normally earned half of what a male counterpart would.

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