… meetings that often, different groups of members tend to attend different types of meeting/outreach, or are more noticeable at some. I think too, there's an understandable aspect of women perhaps not feeling comfortable being out in the dark around a lot of men who they may not know.

Ah well no worries :-) I thought it was important to say anyway.
Interestingly, the number of women members wasn't that much lower back then either for us, prob 20% or so (which is what the International Astronomical Union's is now I believe) however we do so many different types of events and …

… reputation, to reconsider. You are welcome with us.

One day I would like to see an equal balance of women vs men in all aspects of life, including science and astronomy.

All the best,
Mark Galvin
Secretary,
Liverpool AS

Nancy Grace Roman, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Professor Françoise Combes, Dorothea Klumpke, Margaret Walton Mayall and so, so many more, all did (or are still doing) vital work to advance science and astronomy.

We encourage any women reading who have been put off astronomy because of the 'old man' …

… work women have done over the centuries to advance science. People forget that 'computer' used to be a job description - usually a woman - employed to do all the boring calculations that the men were 'far too busy' to do.

Names such as Dame Prof. Jocylene Bell-Burnell, Caroline Herschel, …

You are correct though that astronomy in general is often regarded as something for old men. We hope that we are progressive in refuting this idea and encourage all to enjoy this fascinating & rewarding subject.
Astronomy, space travel, etc. would not be were it is without the enormous amount of …