Antonia Ferrín Moreiras

Antonia Ferrín Moreiras (Ourense, 13 May 1914 – Santiago de Compostela, 6 August 2009) was a mathematician, professor and the first female Galician astronomer. Her main contributions to astronomy were works on stellar occultations by the moon, measures of double stars and astrometric measurements, as well as the determination of the passage of stars through two verticals. She accomplished all of this while she was working at the Observatory of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). wanted all his daughtersAntonia, Celsa, María and Pastora, to have access to higher-level studies, so the family moved to Santiago de Compostela in 1920.

Ferrín started school when she was seven years old and at only nine years old, she was ready to start high school. She did the Scientific Bachillerato, which is the stage of education for people over the age of 16 in Spain. After that, she studied the University Bachillerato, since admission to the university required the completion of this education stage, with twelve other girls.

Higher education and professional career Ferrin started her higher education studies in the Faculty of Sciences of the USC, at a time when chemistry was the only major offered. Even though her father worked in the Faculty of Pharmacy, his income was not enough, so she obtained free tuition and scholarships. and the person who made it possible for her to become the first female Galician astronomer. In that observatory, Ferrín started to use the passage instrument and the refracting telescope, which allowed her to visualize the concealment of stars by the moon, the passage of stars through two verticals, or micrometric measurements of double stars. The results of these investigations were published in the Spanish magazine of astronomy, Urania. However, two years later, she transferred to the girls' school Isabel la Católica of Santiago. but also the first one defended by a woman addressing the issue of astronomy in Spain. In 1963, she was appointed as full-time professor of mathematics in the Escuela de Magisterio Santa María in Madrid and she also worked as professor of mathematics in the degree of medicine for two years. she served in management, and sat on the selection boards. She also participated in the first international meetings of mathematics that were carried out in Spain.

Honors On 24 May 2008, she was proclaimed as the patroness of the fiftieth anniversary of the Faculty of Mathematics of the USC.

Eponymous Lecture room of the Faculty of Mathematics of the USC. Award for the creation of education materials and resources with gender perspective in the University of Vigo.