{"id":4070,"date":"2025-09-03T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/education-and-projects\/education\/educational-resources\/voices-of-women-astronomers\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:50:16","slug":"voices-of-women-astronomers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/en\/outreach-education\/education-and-projects\/education\/educational-resources\/voices-of-women-astronomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices of Women Astronomers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><strong>Impossible Conversations with Women Astronomers from other Times. <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Voices of Women Astronomers<\/strong><\/em> is a project that started for the Cagliari Festival of Science 2018 and is being presented again online for the European Researchers&#8217; Night 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-599 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PannelloWeb.png\" alt=\"Voices of Women Astronomers\" width=\"612\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PannelloWeb.png 960w, https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PannelloWeb-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PannelloWeb-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The project stems from the realization that women, although perhaps fewer in number and sometimes excluded from formal educational paths, <b>have significantly contributed to scientific development<\/b> in general and to astronomy in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Very often, this role was not fully recognized, or not recognized at all, during their lifetime. &#8220;<strong><em>Voices of Women Astronomers<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; aims to tell the story of these women&#8217;s lives but especially their contributions, highlighting the frequent obstacles they had to overcome to achieve significant results.<\/p>\n<p>On this page, you can find the panels of the Voices of Women Astronomers exhibition and the profiles of the various astronomers featured.<\/p>\n<p>The drawings were created by <strong>Laura Casu<\/strong>, Department of Chemistry at the University of Cagliari, and <strong>Cecilia Gangemi<\/strong>, 4th year B at Brotzu Scientific High School in Quartu Sant&#8217;Elena (through a School-Work Alternation project).<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Angela Iovino (CuG INAF) for consulting and supporting the initiative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Voci-di-Astronome-3-212x300.png\" alt=\"Voices of Women Astronomers 3\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Voci-di-Astronome-3-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Voci-di-Astronome-3.png 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Voci-di-Astronome-2-212x300.png\" alt=\"Voices of Women Astronomers 2\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Voci-di-Astronome-2-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.oa-cagliari.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Voci-di-Astronome-2.png 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impossible Conversations with Women Astronomers from other Times. 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