'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Roman Led the Way for Women in Astronomy

'Mother of Hubble' Nancy Grace Roman Led the Way for Women in Astronomy

"I was told from the beginning that a woman could not be an astronomer," she said in the NASA video. In fact, when she asked her high school counselor for permission to take a second year of algebra instead of a fifth year of Latin, the response was scathing. "She looked down her nose at me and sneered, 'What lady would take mathematics instead of Latin?'" Roman said.