page_title: Frances Woodworth Wright
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Frances Woodworth Wright / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: From the Harvard University Archives, this image is of Frances Woodworth Wright viewing an exhibit about planetary bodies, likely at the Harvard Observatory.
context_page_description: Frances Woodworth Wright was an American astronomer based at Harvard University. During World War II, she taught celestial navigation to military officers and engineers.
context_section_description: Frances Woodworth Wright was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of George William Wright and Nellie Woodworth Wright. As a child in 1907, Wright wrote a short essay titled "My Favorite Poem", for the popular national children's magazine St. Nicholas. She earned a bachelor's degree at Brown University in 1920. She was granted a Ph.D. in astronomy at Barnard College in 1958, as a student of Fred Whipple.
caption: Frances Woodworth Wright examining a planetary exhibit.
exif: {}