Books:
- Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College. Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Observatory, 1856-1954. (Available in the Wolbach Library and digitized on archive.org).
- Bailey, Solon. The History and Work of Harvard Observatory 1839-1927. New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1931.
- Hirshfeld, Alan. Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe. New York: Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.
- Hoffleit, Dorrit. Women in the History of Variable Star Astronomy. Cambridge, MA: AAVSO, 1993.
- Jones, Bessie Zaban and Lyle Gifford Boyd. The Harvard College Observatory: The First Four Directorships, 1839-1919. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971.
- Johnson, George. Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe. New York: W.W.Norton & Co., 2005.
- Kuiper, Kathleen, ed. The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time. New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, 2010.
- Sobel, Dava. The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the Measure of the Stars. New York: Viking Books, 2016.
- Yost, Edna. American Women of Science. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1943.
- Yount, Lisa. A to Z of Women in Science and Math. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1999.
Articles:
- Bailey, Wayne. "People on the Moon: Women." The Strolling Astronomer (Winter 2017), Volume 59, No. 1, p 48-57.
- Guerra, Cristela. "'Women computers' often couldn't use Harvard's telescope. They changed astronomy anyway." Boston Globe. August 11, 2017. Print and online. http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/08/10/women-computers-held-stars-their-hands/qfLYwpsNZdFNHyiY2igPNJ/story.html?s_campaign=8315
- Haley, Paul A. "Williamina Fleming and the Harvard College Observatory." The Antiquarian Astronomer, (June 2017), Issue 11, p. 2-32.
- McEchern, Maria C. "Every Star Speaks for Itself." Galactic Gazette (September 5, 2013), http://altbibl.io/gazette/every-star-speaks-for-itself/
- Nelson, Sue. "The Harvard Computers." Nature, Vol 455, p. 36-37(September 4, 2008), http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7209/pdf/455036a.pdf
- Siegel, Ethan. "Weekend Diversion: The Astronomer Who Brought Us the Universe." Starts With a Bang (March 8, 2015).
- Smith, Lindsay . “Antonia Maury.” Project Continua (March 15, 2015): Ver. 1, http://www.projectcontinua.org/antonia-maury/
- Smith, Lindsay. “Williamina Paton Fleming.” Project Continua (March 14, 2015): Ver. 1, http://www.projectcontinua.org/williamina-paton-fleming/
- Smith, Lindsay. “Annie Jump Cannon.” Project Continua (March, 15, 2015): Ver. 1, http://www.projectcontinua.org/annie-jump-cannon/
- "Dec 14, 1921: Henrietta Leavitt Buried in Cambridge." Mass Moments, Dec 14, 2017. https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/henrietta-leavitt-buried-in-cambridge.html
Plays/Film/TV/Cartoons/Radio:
- Cosmos featured many of these women in season 1 episode 8, "Sisters of the Sun."
- Silent Sky. Play by Lauren Gunderson http://laurengunderson.com/the-work/books/ and http://silentskyplay.tumblr.com/
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"Forgotten Faces of Science: The Women Who Classified the Stars," William Wilson. Forbes.com. May 2, 2016.
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"A Woman's Place at the Harvard Observatory." Lecture by Dava Sobel at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard Univesity. May 3, 2017. https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/video/dava-sobel-womans-place-harvard-observatory
- "Henrietta Leavitt: Unsung Heroine in Science" Produced by Columbia College Chicago. March, 2014. https://vimeo.com/89336217
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin interview with Owen Gingerich. Interview date: March 5, 1968. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/4620
- "Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941): The Queen of Modern Astronomy." Rejected Princesses. 2015. http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/annie-jump-cannon
- "'Hidden Figures' of Astronomy At Harvard Take Center Stage In Play About Women 'Computers'." Andrea Shea, WBUR.org. March 13, 2017. Audio link: www.wbur.org/artery/2017/03/13/silent-sky-harvard-astronomy-women-computers
- "The Glass Universe," a presentation by Dava Sobel at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. March 16, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkAmZG-8eww
- The Ring of Truth, episode 6, "Doubt." Public Broadcasting Associates, copyright 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfUfxeh9Lg
- "Eclipse: Women of the Stars." Boston's WCVB 5 ABC, Boston Chronicle. Video: http://www.wcvb.com/article/eclipse-women-of-the-stars/12033566
- "A Team of Women is Unearthing the Forgotten Legacy of Harvard's Women 'Computers.'" Newman, Alex, Public Radio International's The World. July 27, 2017. Audio and web: https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-27/team-women-are-unearthing-forgotten-legacy-harvard-s-women-computers
- "Harvard's Human Computers Reach for the Stars." HUB History podcast episode 53.December 10, 2017. Audio and web: http://www.hubhistory.com/episodes/episode-58-harvards-human-computers-reach-stars/
Archives and Libraries:
- Annie Jump Cannon Papers (HUGFP 125)
- Harvard Observatory Photographs (UAV 630.271)
Schesinger Library at Radcliffe Institute:
- Dorrit Hoffleit Papers (MC529)
- "Women Working 1800-1930. “Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (1857-1911).” Harvard University Library Open Collections Program. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/fleming.html
Wollbach Library at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics holds many resources of the women computers.