In the 1880s, the staff of Harvard Observatory frustrated their director. He said, “ My Scottish maid could do better than this”. Eventually he hired his maid Williamina Fleming. She ran a team for decades successfully and classified thousands of Stars!

In the 1880s, the staff of Harvard Observatory frustrated their director. He said, “ My Scottish maid could do better than this”. Eventually, he hired his maid Williamina Fleming. She ran a team for decades successfully and classified thousands of Stars!

Williamina Fleming had an interesting career shift from a Scottish maid to a Harvard astronomer. Soon, she became one of the world’s most prominent astronomers.

Do you know of the Indian astronomer named Aryabhatta? He discovered the digit zero.