Maria Mitchell and the sexing of science : an astronomer among the American romantics / / Renee Bergland.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 300 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Urania's island
- Nantucket Athena
- The sexes of science
- Miss Mitchell's comet
- "A center of rude eyes and tongues"
- The shoulders of giants
- The yankee Corinnes
- A mentor in Florence
- The war years
- Vassar Female College
- No miserable bluestocking
- "Good woman that she is"
- The undevout astronomer
- Retrograde motion
- Urania's inversion.