She was also only the third female recipient of its Gold Medal (in 2005, following Caroline Herschel in 1828 and Vera Rubin in 1996).
Vera Rubin - her discovery of "flat rotation curves" is the most direct and robust evidence of dark matter.
Vera Lynn | Rick Rubin | Vera Wang | Rubin | Robert Rubin | Vera Miles | Rubin Carter | Avi Rubin | Vera Cruz | Vera Farmiga | Vera Mukhina | Vera-Ellen | Vera Drake | Vera Brittain | Philip Rubin | Jerry Rubin | Vera Rubin | Vera Pauw | Vera Gornostayeva | Vera Brezhneva | Vera Atkins | Gayle Rubin | Daphne Rubin-Vega | Vera Vasilchikova | Vera Shtelbaums | Vera Menchik | Vera Mackey | Vera Lengsfeld | Vera Bradford | Vera Albreht |