Maria Mitchell
Subtitle: The Soul of an Astronomer
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Published: February 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780802852649
Subjects: Astronomy; Scientists; Juvenile Nonfiction; Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography; Women astronomers; Children: Grades 4-6; Women; Juvenile literature; Biography & Autobiography - Religious; Astronomers; Biography; United States
First sentence: On August 1, 1818, in the "birthing room" off the kitchen of a gray-shingled house in Nantucket, a baby girl was born to William and Lydia Mitchell.
Description: A biography of the first female science professor at Vassar College and the first American woman astronomer.