Editing Ruby Payne-Scott (section)

==Personal life==
Payne-Scott was an [[atheism|atheist]], a [[feminism|feminist]], and an advocate for [[women's rights]],{{r|Goss2010|p=253}}<ref name="Goss2013b"/> and it was alleged a sometime member of the [[Communist Party of Australia]].<ref name="Secret Life"/> As a result, the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] (ASIO) created a substantial file on her activities, with some distortions.<ref name="Secret Life"/>

She was a passionate [[bushwalking|bushwalker]], a lover of cats,{{r|Goss2010|p=255}} and also enjoyed [[knitting]].{{r|Goss2010|p=201}}

===Family===
Ruby Payne-Scott and William ("Bill") Holman Hall secretly married in 1944; at this time, the Commonwealth government had legislated for a [[marriage bar]] specifying that married women could not hold a permanent position within public service. She continued to work for CSIRO while secretly married, until the regulations of the new CSIRO in 1949 raised the issue of her marriage. The following year, her treatment by CSIRO resulted in hostile written exchanges with Sir [[Ian Clunies Ross]] (Chairman of CSIRO) about the status of married women in the work place. As a result, Payne-Scott lost her permanent position in CSIRO; however, her salary was maintained at a level comparable to that of her male colleagues.<ref name="DeBakcsy2018"/> In 1951 – just a few months before her son, [[Peter Gavin Hall]], was born – Payne-Scott resigned her post due to there being no maternity leave available at the time.

On leaving her role at CSIRO – with her marriage to Bill having been exposed – Payne-Scott took her husband's name, and was then known as Ruby Hall. They had two children: [[Peter Gavin Hall]] – a mathematician who worked in theoretical statistics and probability theory; and [[Fiona Margaret Hall]], an Australian artist whose career is described by Julie Ewington in her 2005 book, ''Fiona Hall''.

===Death and legacy===
Ruby Payne-Scott died in [[Mortdale, New South Wales]], on 25 May 1981, three days short of her 69th birthday. Towards the end of her life, Payne-Scott suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref name="Newman2004"/> In 2018, ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote a belated obituary for her, detailing how her work helped lay the foundation for a new field of science called radio astronomy.<ref name="Halleck2018"/>

In 2008, CSIRO acknowledged Payne-Scott's contribution to science, and established the Payne-Scott Award, intended "for researchers returning from family-related career breaks".{{r|Goss2010|p=7}}

Danebank School, where she taught after her radio astronomy career, hosts an annual Ruby Payne-Scott Lecture "presented by outstanding women scientists in a variety of fields".{{r|Goss2010|p=250}}

In 2017, the [[University of Sydney]] inaugurated the Payne-Scott Professorial Distinctions to  honour distinguished professors for their contributions to the university across all areas of leadership, teaching and research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/11/21/5-professors-honoured-for-inaugural-leadership-award.html|title = 5 professors honoured for inaugural leadership award}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/09/25/academics-recognised-for-leadership-teaching-and-research-impact.html|title = Academics recognised for leadership, teaching and research impact}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/09/09/payne-scott-distinctions-for-academic-excellence-announced.html|title = Payne-Scott distinctions for academic excellence announced}}</ref>

In 2021, the Australian Academy of Science established the [[Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture]] for Women, to honour Australian pioneer women scientists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture for Women in Science {{!}} Australian Academy of Science |url=https://www.science.org.au/about-us/philanthropy/awards/ruby-payne-scott-medal-and-lecture-for-women-in-science |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=www.science.org.au |language=en}}</ref>