Women on the moon posters

Only a few women have their names on the moon. Who are they? and where are these names?

Near side of the Moon (14 names):

• Catherine of Alexandria – Greek theologian, philosopher
• Hypatia of Alexandria – Greek mathematician and philosopher
• Nicole-Reine Etable de la Briere Lepaute – French astronomer
• Caroline Herschel – British astronomer
• Mary Fairfax Somerville – Scottish physicist, mathematician
• Anne Sheepshanks – British benefactor
• Catherine Wolfe Bruce – American philanthropist, astronomy patron
• Maria Mitchell – American astronomer
• Agnes Mary Clerke – British astronomer
• Mary Adela Blagg – British astronomer
• Mary Proctor – American astronomer
• Annie Jump Cannon – American astronomer
• Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury – American astronomer
• Louise Freeland Jenkins – American astronomer

 

Far side of the Moon (17 names):

• Sofia V. Kovalevskaya – Russian mathematician
• Williamina Paton – Scottish-born American astronomer
• Marie Skłodowska – Polish physicist, chemist, Nobel laureate
• Annie de Scott Dill Russell – British astronomer
• Henrietta Swan Leavitt – American astronomer
• Lise Meitner – Austrian physicist
• Emmy Noether – German mathematician
• Priscilla Fairfield Bok – American astronomer
• Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori – Czech-American physiologist; Nobel laureate
• Dorothy Vaughan – American mathematician
• Marie Tharp – Geologist and oceanographer
• Valentina Tereshkova – Soviet cosmonaut
• Sharon Christa Corrigan – School teacher member of the Challenger crew
• Judith Arlene Resnik – Member of the Challenger crew
• Kalpana Chawla – American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist
• Laurel Clark – American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist
• Elisabetta Pierazzo – Italian planetary scientist

 

2 posters. Not sold separately.

A2 size posters (420 x 594mm – 16.5 x 23.4 inch). Unframed.

* Each purchase will be printed on demand.

We will try to add new prints monthly.