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Abstract:
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In the late 1960s, some astute astronomers noticed that the name of a famous observing astronomer, Margaret Burbidge, did not appear in the observing books for the world’s largest telescopes, but that the name of her husband, who was not an observing astronomer, did. When the late statistician Elizabeth L. Scott, whose training was in astronomy, became involved in the academic women’s movement, she researched the access of highly qualified women like Burbidge to the big telescopes, developed a story around it, and then used the story with great effectiveness to promote the status of women in academe. In this paper, I will present what Scott uncovered in her research, and what we can learn from her use of storytelling as a tool for leadership.
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