'Women Hold Up Half the Sky' completed - CommerSel Creates Program About Women's Contributions to Astronomy

This thirty-five minute program takes a close look at eleven women astronomers and reveals their unique contributions to the field of astronomy. The program is enhanced by short on camera interviews, shot by CommerSel Studios, with some of the "Leading Ladies" of astronomy including: Carolyn Shoemaker, Vera Rubin, Margaret Geller and Dr. Shannon Lucid!

The content of the show extends beyond a series of biographies of women astronomers and astronauts to cover a history of the field that reveals how women have played integral roles in the work of astronomy and space science.

"Women Hold Up Half the Sky" marks the third planetarium show--and fifth project overall--that CommerSel has created in conjunction with the Buhl staff. This program is targeted for students in grades three through eight.