Applying to graduate schools, Rubin was told that “Princeton does not accept women” in the astronomy program. She got a scholarship to the prestigious women’s college Vassar, where she graduated as the only astronomy major in 1948. ![]() Photo courtesy of Vera Rubin.Īlthough her father was dubious about the career opportunities in astronomy, he supported her interest by helping her build her own telescope and going with her to amateur astronomers’ meetings. ![]() Vera Rubin, American astronomer who established the presence of dark matter in galaxies, measures spectra in the 1970s.
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