Additional Information
Special Achievements
- First woman radio astronomer.
Additional Information
- 1930's - One of a handful of women to earn a degree in Physics from University of Sydney.
Resources
Audio - Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: First in their Field -- Ruby Payne-Scott
This audio profile of Ruby Payne-Scott was produced in 2015 by 8CCC 102.1FM community radio station and the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. To hear more of the Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: First in their Field series, please go to http://8ccc.com.au/category/ordinary-women-extraordinary-lives/.
Link - Payne Scott, Ruby Violet (1912 - 1981)
The Australian Women's Register
Link - Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912–1981)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Link - Ruby Payne-Scott - Radio Astronomer
ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Link - The secret life of Miss Ruby Payne-Scott
National Archives of Australia
Image - Ruby Payne-Scott
This is a copy of Ruby Payne-Scott as a young woman. Sourc: Peter Gavin Hall (Ruby Payne-Scott's son).
Wikimedia Commons: File:Peter-hall.ruby.payne-scott.jpg
References
- Goss, W. M. (29 July 2013). Making Waves: The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg.
- Goss, W. M. (28 May 2010). Under the Radar: The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
- Australian Institute of Physics, Ruby Payne-Scott Lecture. www.physics.usyd.edu.au/naip/meetings99ruby99.html. Accessed 11 April 1999.
- Baum, Caroline. (2010, March). Red Ruby, Australian hero. SAM, 10.
- Ruby Payne Scott. Good Weekend | The Sydney Morning Herald. March 6, 1999:p. unknown.
- Powell, Sian. Cutting-edge researcher cut off in her prime. Newspaper unknown. Date unknown:p. unknown.