Evelyn Leland
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Evelyn Frances Leland (1867-1931) was an American astronomer and member of "Harvard Computers," a group of female astronomers who worked at the Harvard College Observatory under Director Edward Pickering. She worked for 36 years (1889-1925) as his assistant, and represented his team.
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Harvard computers. Back row (L to R): Margaret Harwood (far left), Mollie O'Reilly, Edward C. Pickering, Edith Gill, Annie Jump Cannon, Evelyn Leland (behind Cannon), Florence Cushman, Marion Whyte (behind Cushman), Grace Brooks. Front row: Arville Walker, unknown (possibly Johanna Mackie), Alta Carpenter, Mabel Gill, Ida Woods. Image courtesy of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The photograph was taken on 13 May 1913.
Photo of Harvard computer working in the room. This was taken in 1891. From left to right: possibly Mabel Stevens, unknown woman, Antonia Maury, possibly Evelyn Leland (seated), Williamina Fleming, unknown woman, unknown woman, probably Florence Cushman. This description is based on http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Observatory/eleland.html#ComputersWithoutPickeringWiki
Harvard Computers and Mary Anna Palmer Draper are pictured together. It was taken in the long computing room on the south side of the second floor of the building in 1891, facing east. Left to right: unknown woman (standing), unknown woman (seated), possibly Evelyn Leland, Mrs. Draper (seated), Antonia Maury, Williamina Fleming, possibly Mabel C. Stevens (or some other Stevens), probably Florence Cushman, unknown woman. This description is based on http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Observatory/eleland.html#ComputersDraperPose Photo credit: HUV 1210 (9-3), olvwork289691. Harvard University Archives.
Harvard Computers working in a room in the new brick building, built in 1892. According to the information of a calendar shown in the image, this photo taken in March 1898. Williamina Fleming is standing. Immediately in front of her are Evelyn Leland (back row center) and Ida E. Woods to the right. The rest are unknown, but the woman closest to the camera could be Annie Jump Cannon. This description is based on http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Observatory/eleland.html#ComputersBrickBuilding Photo credit: UAV 630.271 (E4116), olvwork432388. Harvard University Archives.
It is a picture called "paper doll" in which Harvard Computers are shown holding hands. The shooting year is 1918 theory is influential. Left to right: Ida E. Woods, Evelyn Leland, Florence Cushman, Grace Brooks, Mary Vann, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Mollie O'Reilly, Mabel Gill, Alta Carpenter, Annie Jump Cannon, Dorothy Block, Arville Walker, Frank E. Hinckley (telescope operator), Edward King (chief of stellar photography). Photo credit: UAV 630.271 (391), olvwork432043. Harvard University Archives.
A cross-generational group photo of the women who worked at Harvard. This was taken in 1925. It is a photo that tells the end of women computers and the beginning of women scientists. Back row: Margaret Harwood, Cecilia Payne, Arville D. Walker, Edith F. Gill. Middle row: Lillian L. Hodgdon, Annie Jump Cannon, Evelyn Leland, Ida E. Woods, Mabel Gill, Florence Cushman. Bottom row: Agnes M. Hoovens, Mary B. Howe, Harvia H. Wilson, Margaret Walton Mayall, Antonia C. Maury. This description is based on http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Observatory/eleland.html#AsWeWere Photo credit: HUPSF Observatory (19), olvwork360663. Harvard University Archives.Scientists from United States 6
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Evelyn Frances Leland (1867-1931) was an American astronomer and member of "Harvard Computers," a group of female astronomers who worked at the Harvard College Observatory under Director Edward Pickering. She worked for 36 years (1889-1925) as his assistant, and represented his team. Leland and her colleagues performed an analysis of photographic plates taken in Cambridge and Arequipa, Peru. She was involved in computing stellar spectra and discovering variable stars. She also worked with other members from the observatory to publish the paper.
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