Abstract
There is always the ideology that the field of scientists is meant for men. This is a misconception that has been countered by women scientists in different parts of the world. Annie Jump Cannon is a good example of an American scientist who majored in the field of Geography and basically astronomy. She was born on 11th December 1863 and her works involve the invention of the stellar classification. Annie is renowned for coming up with the Havard Classification Scheme which usually classifies stars according to their temperatures (Kass 1990).
Women are as good as men in the field of science and also other fields that the society thinks that are meant for men. Past history has shown that women would achieve and can achieve greater things especially in the fields of science and technology (Gornick 2009). Women scientists should be appreciated for the great inventions made and also for the fact that they achieved what was ideologically thought to belong to men.
The topic of women as scientists has been controversial in different parts of the world and especially in the past history. Some women had to dress like so as to be thought of as men because at that particular point in time women were not allowed to practice science (Pell 1996). However, after a close analysis of what women have achieved in the fields of science, it can be concluded that women can achieve as much as men have achieved in different fields.
Geography is one of the fields that are basically thought of to be male dominated. However, this can be seen to have changed from the initiatives of women astronomers such as Annie Jump Cannon. It is unfair to lock out women from achieving what men achieved (Des Jardins 2010). Women are not lesser beings and should therefore be offered equal opportunities just as men.
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