The Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) to a woman resident of North America, who is within five years of receipt of a PhD, for distinguished contributions to astronomy or for similar contributions in related sciences which have immediate application to astronomy. The awardee is invited to give a talk at an AAS meeting and is given a $1,500 honorarium.[1] The award is named in honor of American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon.
Margaret Burbidge was due to be given the 1972 award, but she refused it on the grounds of gender discrimination, stating: "It is high time that discrimination in favor of, as well as against, women in professional life be removed".[2] This prompted the AAS to set up its first committee on the status of women in astronomy[2] and they ceased issuing the award directly. From 1973–2004 the American Association of University Women issued the awards, on advice from the AAS. The AAS resumed direct issuing of the award in 2005.
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^ abSkuse, Ben (6 April 2020). "Celebrating Astronomer Margaret Burbidge, 1919–2020". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^"Bibliography: Ida Smith Barney". Women in Astronomy. Library of Congress. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
^"Caroline Morley Receives Annie Jump Cannon Award | McDonald Observatory".
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annie, jump, cannon, award, astronomy, awarded, annually, american, astronomical, society, woman, resident, north, america, within, five, years, receipt, distinguished, contributions, astronomy, similar, contributions, related, sciences, which, have, immediate. The Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society AAS to a woman resident of North America who is within five years of receipt of a PhD for distinguished contributions to astronomy or for similar contributions in related sciences which have immediate application to astronomy The awardee is invited to give a talk at an AAS meeting and is given a 1 500 honorarium 1 The award is named in honor of American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon Margaret Burbidge was due to be given the 1972 award but she refused it on the grounds of gender discrimination stating It is high time that discrimination in favor of as well as against women in professional life be removed 2 This prompted the AAS to set up its first committee on the status of women in astronomy 2 and they ceased issuing the award directly From 1973 2004 the American Association of University Women issued the awards on advice from the AAS The AAS resumed direct issuing of the award in 2005 List of winners EditSource American Astronomical Society Year RecipientAwarded by the AAS1934 Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin1937 Charlotte Moore Sitterly1940 Julie Vinter Hansen1943 Antonia Maury1946 Emma Vyssotsky1949 Helen Sawyer Hogg1952 Ida Barney 3 1955 Helen Dodson Prince1958 Margaret Mayall1962 Margaret Harwood1965 Erika Bohm Vitense1968 Henrietta SwopeAwarded by the AAUW with advice of AAS1974 Beatrice Tinsley1976 Catharine Garmany1978 Paula Szkody1980 Lee Anne Willson1982 Judith Young1984 Harriet Dinerstein1986 Rosemary Wyse1988 Karen Jean Meech1989 Jacqueline Hewitt1990 Claudia Megan Urry1991 Jane Luu1992 Elizabeth Lada1993 Stefi Baum1994 Andrea Ghez1995 Suzanne Madden1996 Joan Najita1997 Chung Pei Ma1998 Victoria M Kaspi1999 Sally Oey2000 Alycia J Weinberger2001 Amy Barger2002 Vassiliki Kalogera2003 Annette Ferguson2004 Sara EllisonAwarded by the AAS2006 Lisa J Kewley2007 Ann Hornschemeier2008 Jenny Greene2009 Alicia M Soderberg2010 Anna Frebel2011 Rachel Mandelbaum2012 Heather Knutson2013 Sarah Dodson Robinson2014 Emily Levesque2015 Smadar Naoz2016 Laura A Lopez2017 Rebekah Dawson2018 Ilse Cleeves2019 Blakesley Burkhart2020 Caroline Morley 4 2021 Laura Kreidberg2022 Eve Lee2023 Marta BryanSee also EditList of astronomy awards List of women astronomers List of prizes medals and awards for women in science Prizes named after peopleNotes Edit AAS Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy Retrieved 10 December 2014 a b Skuse Ben 6 April 2020 Celebrating Astronomer Margaret Burbidge 1919 2020 Sky amp Telescope Retrieved 6 April 2020 Bibliography Ida Smith Barney Women in Astronomy Library of Congress Retrieved 18 November 2012 Caroline Morley Receives Annie Jump Cannon Award McDonald Observatory Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy amp oldid 1165971137, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
