The Women Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe
A play by Daisy Garrison, created and directed by Ellie Levine
Photos by Amira Danan
Charting the true story of the Harvard Computers,"The Women Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe" follows Annie Jump Cannon and Henrietta Leavitt through the scientific breakthroughs that forever changed the field of astronomy—a celebration of friendship, curiosity, and the never-ending search to find our place in the universe.
The Women Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe was devised and created at Northwestern University, and premiered at the Raven Theatre in 2023.