Science should be looked upon as something that helps us understand our role in the universe. - Vera (image credit: Carnegie Institute of Washington) Vera Rubin was the only astronomy major to graduate from Vassar in 1948. She applied to the physics department at Princeton and was immediately rejected — not for her grades, which were sterling, or her record, which was flawless, but because the physics program at that time did not admit women. She went to Cornell instead.
A Woman to Know: Vera Rubin
A Woman to Know: Vera Rubin
A Woman to Know: Vera Rubin
Science should be looked upon as something that helps us understand our role in the universe. - Vera (image credit: Carnegie Institute of Washington) Vera Rubin was the only astronomy major to graduate from Vassar in 1948. She applied to the physics department at Princeton and was immediately rejected — not for her grades, which were sterling, or her record, which was flawless, but because the physics program at that time did not admit women. She went to Cornell instead.