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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1907-9ronomers from different continents. It starts by describing the efforts of the African Network of Women in Astronomy to advance gender equality in science. It then introduces major European and American actors in the modern history of the movement for diversity, equity and inclusion in astronomy. Th

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1907-9he struggle by physical scientists against racial oppression. As minorities gained increased access to higher education in many countries in the second half of the twentieth century, they also organized. This chapter examines the growth of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) and the Amer

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1907-9st-known astrophysicists with a visible disability. Wheelchair-bound scientists like Hawking were, however, not the only ones struggling to access observatories and other institutions. Perhaps even more debilitating for optical astronomers than mobility impairment was blindness. This chapter thus ta

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47226-1 astronomical activism, including the calls for decolonization in places as far apart from one another as Hawaii and South Africa. The conclusion section will also attempt to make some prediction of future trends. They include the quest to avoid the more divisive aspects of identity politics and to