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Born
Dundee, Scotland -
Employment
She was employed by Edward C. Pickering a professor of astronomy and director of the Harvard College -
Edward Charles Pickering Fleming
Williamina Flemings son was born -
Brooklyn Bridge Opens
New York -
"Harvard Computers"
She was part of the group called "Havard Computers" she and 9 other women helped Edward Pickering. They were mathematicians. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
200+ captive Sioux massacred by US 7th Cavalry -
First Nobel Peace Prizes Awarded
Jean Henri Dunant and Frederic Passy receive the Nobel Peace Prize -
During her Career
Throughout her whole career, she discovered 10 novae, 59 gaseous nebulae, and more than 300 variable stars. -
Pickering-Fleming System
This is a system that could measure the amount of hydrogen in stars by their spectra. Invented by Williamina Fleming (could not find what year she created this) -
Died
Boston, Massachusets