curves of CO Lacertae" (Astrophysics and Space Science 1983, with R. E. Wilson), "Old and new observations of V523 Saggitarii" (Astronomical Journal 1989, with Robert H. Koch), and "Analyses of photoelectric light curves of YY Sagittarii" (Astronomical Journal 1992, with Robert H. Koch). Personal life Edith Jones married William Redin Woodward, a patent attorney, in 1940. They had three children, James, Barbara, and Paul. Edith J. Woodward died in 2002, aged 87 years. Her elder son James F. Woodward became a historian of science and an adjunct physics professor at California State University, Fullerton. Her younger son Paul R. Woodward became a mathematician and astrophysicist who taught at the University of Minnesota. The American Astronomical Society presents an Edith J. Woodward Award, named in her memory. References American women astronomers Purdue University alumni William Paterson University faculty People from Shelby County, Indiana 1914 births 2002 deaths Mount Holyoke College faculty Hunter College faculty Radcliffe College alumni