Special Achievements

• First woman radio astronomer.

Additional Information

• 1930's - One of a handful of women to earn a degree in Physics from University of Sydney.

Audio - Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: First in their Field -- Ruby Payne-Scott

This audio profile of Ruby Payne-Scott was produced in 2015 by 8CCC 102.1FM community radio station and the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. To hear more of the Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: First in their Field series, please go to http://8ccc.com.au/category/ordinary-women-extraordinary-lives/.

Audio File

Link - Payne Scott, Ruby Violet (1912 - 1981)

The Australian Women's Register

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Link - Payne-Scott, Ruby Violet (1912–1981)

Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Link - Ruby Payne-Scott - Radio Astronomer

ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Link - The secret life of Miss Ruby Payne-Scott

National Archives of Australia

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Image - Ruby Payne-Scott

This is a copy of Ruby Payne-Scott as a young woman. Sourc: Peter Gavin Hall (Ruby Payne-Scott's son).

Wikimedia Commons: File:Peter-hall.ruby.payne-scott.jpg

References

• Goss, W. M.  (29 July 2013).  Making Waves:  The Story of Ruby Payne-Scott: Australian Pioneer Radio Astronomer.  Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg.
• Goss, W. M.  (28 May 2010).  Under the Radar:  The First Woman in Radio Astronomy:  Ruby Payne-Scott.  Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.  
• Australian Institute of Physics, Ruby Payne-Scott Lecture.  www.physics.usyd.edu.au/naip/meetings99ruby99.html.  Accessed 11 April 1999.
• Baum, Caroline.  (2010, March).  Red Ruby, Australian hero.  SAM, 10.
• Ruby Payne Scott.  Good Weekend | The Sydney Morning Herald.  March 6, 1999:p. unknown.
• Powell, Sian.  Cutting-edge researcher cut off in her prime.  Newspaper unknown.  Date unknown:p. unknown.