Maria Mitchell and the sexing of science
Subtitle: an astronomer among the American romantics
By: Renée Bergland.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807021422
Subjects: Mitchell, Maria, -- 1818-1889; Women astronomers -- Massachusetts -- Biography; Astronomers -- Massachusetts -- Biography; Feminism and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Massachusetts -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Urania's island; title: Nantucket Athena; title: The sexes of science; title: Miss Mitchell's comet; title: "A center of rude eyes and tongues"; title: The shoulders of giants; title: The yankee Corinnes; title: A mentor in Florence; title: The war years; title: Vassar Female College; title: No miserable bluestocking; title: "Good woman that she is"; title: The undevout astronomer; title: Retrograde motion; title: Urania's inversion.