Amendments to Vera Robin’s biography of reducing the need for women in science amid the Federal DEI suppression

Less than a month has passed since President Donald Trump announced the war on diversity and integration into federal agencies. NASA was requested earlier this month to clean its sites, “Anything targeting women (women in driving, etc.), and now an important telescope project has liberated its autobiography of astronomy Vera Robin to remove information about increasing the number of women in scientific jobs.

The Robin Observatory, a federally funded telescope at the top of a mountain in Chile, changed the online biography of the astronomical world that was named after its name, and deleted information related to the barriers that women crashes in this field I mentioned.

Vera Robin’s work helped prove the existence of dark matter in the universe, which converted the way the scientists study the universe in the seventies. It has published more than 100 scientific papers and conducted pioneering research on spiral galaxies and alternating the galaxy. Moreover, she called on women in science after having to overcome many obstacles throughout her career because it is a male dominated area.

For her contributions to science, Robin has a series of hills on Mars, named after her, as an asteroid, satellite, galaxy, and observatory of the National Science Foundation. The National Observatory is the first to be called the name of a woman, and it was – from a government point – was designed by Trump during his first term. Shortly after Trump’s opening for the second time, Robin’s biography was cut to present a reduced version of her struggles as a woman in the field.

In the original version, a long section entitled “I called for Women in Science” spoke about Robin’s efforts to penetrate barriers in a male -controlled field. The entire section was initially removed, but then appeared with some major adjustments, according to ProPublica.

“Science is still a male -controlled field, but the Robin Observatory is working to increase the participation of women and other people who have been historically excluded from science,” the observatory. Website Read previously. “The Robin Observatory welcomes everyone who wants to contribute to science, and takes steps to reduce or eliminate barriers that exclude those who have a lower privilege.”

However, this paragraph was removed in late January, as well as a slight modification. Instead of, “Vera itself offers an excellent example of what can happen when more minds share science” Website You are now reading, “Vera Rubin offers an excellent example of what can happen when many minds participate in science.”

Reviews reveal what is not permitted under new orders, and how to identify discrimination or the need for diversity is completely prohibited now. NASA follow similar orders. The Space Agency sent a note in late January The employees order to remove certain terms Of its public sites, including the active groups, an incomplete representation, women in leadership, environmental justice, and accessibility.

Several groups of astronomical community are currently working to maintain an archive of the content that has been removed from federal web sites, in addition to the content of the risk of removing it Space.com. Astronomer John Bernin said the space site: “The idea that they can obliterate these sources in one way or another wrongly – astronomers will not take in general and in particular these lying threats.” “But we have a long way forward and I expect that there will be times when this road will be very difficult.”

Once it was founded, Robin used her position to open doors for women in science and become a guide for the next generation. While addressing the 1996 Berkeley graduation category, Robin He said“I hope you will fight injustice and discrimination in all its forms. I hope you appreciate the diversity between your friends, between your colleagues … between the student community. I hope that when you are responsible, you will do better than my generation.”