When universities/scientific societies excluded women, Ward pursued knowledge relentlessly. She wrote to leading scientists for their papers & discussed science with them, becoming one of only three women on the Royal Astronomical Society’s mailing list, alongside #QueenVictoria and #MarySomerville.

Hoy día 5 descubrimos a una 5 #mujerSTEM en un post ya os hablé de ella cuando hablé de Ada Lovelace ella es #MarySomerville la reina de la ciencia del siglo XIX

*The joys of British imperialism in India; they died like flies, from disease mostly. #MarySomerville #scientist #memoirs

*Even the birds and worms are painted with the funereal #MarySomerville #memoirs

Another Remarkable Woman We Should All Know: #MarySomerville (🎩 to @womenshistnet.bsky.social )

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#maths #math #mathematics #MarySomerville #MaryFairfaxSomerville
... and much more.

Early astronomical teamwork.
#WomenInSTEM
#MarySomerville
#Uranus