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Maria Mitchell : the soul of an astronomer /

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A biography of the first female science professor at Vassar College and the first American woman astronomer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gormley, Beatrice
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [1995]
Subjects:
Mitchell, Maria, > 1818-1889 > Juvenile literature.
Women astronomers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Mitchell, Maria, > 1818-1889.
Astronomers.
Women > Biography.
Description
Summary:A biography of the first female science professor at Vassar College and the first American woman astronomer.
Item Description:"Women of spirit"--Cover.
Physical Description:xi, 123 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-117) and index.
ISBN:0802851169 (cloth : alk. paper)
0802850995 (paper : alk. paper)