
Ruby Payne-Scott
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Ruby Payne-Scott is often called a pioneer in radio astronomy, but she was also a pioneer in advocating for women’s rights. She was clearly brilliant, but her work was cut short by her desire to have a spouse and a family.
- Erickson, Dorothy. “Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912 - 1981).” THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OFWOMEN & LEADERSHIP IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AUSTRALIA. https://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0692b.htm
- M. Goss and Claire Hooker. “Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912–1981).” Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/payne-scott-ruby-violet-15036/text26233
- Halleck, Rebecca. “Overlooked No More: Ruby Payne-Scott, Who Explored Space With Radio Waves.” New York Times. August 29, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/obituaries/ruby-payne-scott-overlooked.html
- “What is an Interferometer?” LIGO Caltech. https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-is-interferometer#:~:text=Interferometers%20are%20investigative%20tools%20used,%2Dmeter'%2C%20or%20interferometer.
- Marr, Jonathan M. et al. “Demonstrating the Principles of Aperture Synthesis with the Very Small Radio Telescope.” Bridgewater State University, Virtual Commons. Physics Faculty Publications. 2011. https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=physics_fac#:~:text=In%20aperture%20synthesis%20a%20number,signals%20can%20also%20be%20added
- Robertson, Peter. “Pawsey, Joseph Lade (Joe) (1908–1962).” Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pawsey-joseph-lade-joe-11353/text2027
- “Our History.” AWA Technology Services. http://www.awa.com.au/about-us/our-history/
- “Hall (nee Payne Scott), Ruby Violet.” The Sydney Morning Herald. Obituaries. May 30, 1981. https://www.newspapers.com/image/122698551/?terms=Ruby%20Payne-Scott&match=1
- Ward, Colin. “Ruby Payne-Scott [1912-1981].” CSIROpedia. March 23, 2011. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/payne-scott-ruby/
- “Magnetism and Life.” For Worth Start Telegraph. March 29, 1936. https://www.newspapers.com/image/635960090/?terms=Ruby%20Payne%20Scott&match=1
- Freeman, Joan. “A Passion for Physics: The Story of a Woman Physicist.” CRC Press. 1991.
- “Our History.” CSIRO. https://www.csiro.au/en/about/achievements/our-history
- Goss, W. M. and Richard McGee. “Under the Radar: The First The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott.” Springer Science & Business Media. 2009.
- Goss, W. M. “Making Waves: The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer.” Springer. 2013.
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