TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anderson,Dale
TI  - Maria Mitchell, astronomer
T2  - Women in science
SN  - 0791072495
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Chelsea House Publishers
KW  - Mitchell, Maria,
KW  - Astronomers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Women
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 102) and index; Watching the sun disappear -- A child of Nantucket: 1818-1835 -- Teaching and learning: 1835-1847 -- Earning a medal: 1847-1855 -- Expanding the horizon: 1855-1861 -- Mitchell as professor: 1862-1869 -- Carrying the torch for women: 1869-1876 -- The force of personal character
N2  - Profiles a Vassar professor who was one of the most famous astronomers in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century and whose central message to her students was'never cease to wonder.'
ER  -