Among the stars : the life of Maria Mitchell : astronomer, educator, women's rights activist / Margaret Moore Booker

• A Nantucket childhood, 1817-37. -- Navigating library books and slavery issues, 1838-44. -- Sweeping Nantucket skies, 1844-47. -- Miss Mitchell's comet, 1847-49. -- Nantucket's famous librarian and astronomer, 1848-54. -- Seeking adventure beyond Nantucket shores, 1855-56. -- A grand tour of America, 1857. -- A grand tour of Great Britain, 1857. -- A Parisian interlude, 1857. -- Continental journeys: Rome, Florence, and Berlin, 1858. -- Maria's own observatory, 1858-61. -- City living: the years in Lynn, 1861-65. -- Educating young minds: a new career at Vassar, 1865-69. -- Women studying together, 1869-70. -- A pioneer of women's rights, 1870-73. -- Renewing European contacts: a second trip abroad, 1873. -- Making advances in science and the women's movement, 1873-75. -- Presiding over the woman's congress, 1875-78. -- Observing eclipses, comets, and philosophers, 1878-80. -- Receiving honors and fighting for higher education, 1880-83. -- Twilight years: travel, teaching, and time to retire, 1883-89. 

Ämnesord

Women astronomers  -- United States -- Biography (LCSH)

Women scientists  -- Biography (LCSH)

Women travelers  -- Biography (LCSH)

Women educators  -- Biography (LCSH)

Personnamn

Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 -- Biography

Klassifikation

QB34.5 (LCC)