Maria Mitchell and the sexing of science [electronic resource] : an astronomer among the American romantics / Ren�ee Bergland.
By: Bergland, Ren�ee L.
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BookPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c2008Description: xviii, 300 p.Subject(s): Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 | Women astronomers -- Massachusetts -- Biography | Astronomers -- Massachusetts -- Biography | Feminism and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Massachusetts -- Intellectual life -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 520.92 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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