Introduction

Alicia Weinberger is an observational astronomer in the Earth and planet's laboratory at the Carnegie Institution for Science. She tells how a female astronomer who would go on to change the course of cosmology was initially turned down from visiting the Palomar Observatory, because they don't have the right facilities. And like so many other stories about women and science, this story also frustratingly involves a bathroom. But first, let's take you back in time. Here are the youngsters. The seven von Trapp youngsters played by Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond. It's 1965. The sound of music premieres. Everyone wanted to congratulate us, Christopher Plummer. Alma, spraying overnight from an