James Webb Space Telescope chief scientist Jane Rigby receives highest US civilian award
James Webb Space Telescope chief scientist Jane Rigby receives highest US civilian award
Oh they have far more to lose their shit over when it comes to Dr. Rigby:
Rigby was a founding member of the American Astronomical Society Committee for Sexual-Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy.[12] In 2015 she co-organised Inclusive Astronomy, a worldwide initiative to celebrate inclusivity and equity in astronomy.[13][14]
And:
Rigby came out as lesbian in 2000.[2] When she joined the University of Arizona as a graduate student, it was still against state law to be gay.[2]
en.wikipedia.org/…/Jane_Rigby_(astrophysicist)
Not sure if she’s the first out lesbian to get the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but it wouldn’t shock me.
Edit: Never mind. Billie Jean King got one from Obama and there might be women other than her, I just saw her name when I was scanning.