Women in Astronomy: A Comprehensive Bibliography

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Mead, Jaylee Montague Burley

Jaylee M. Mead. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 48, Dec. 1989: 6.
   Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the AAS Nominating Committee.

Jaylee M. Mead. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 58, Dec. 1991: 5.
   Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the U.S. National Committee for the IAU.

Mead receives Women in Aerospace award. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 62, Oct. 1992: 5.

Richards, David. Curtain up! Write the check! Gilbert and Jaylee Mead, local theater's most generous friends. Washington post, June 1, 1997: G1, G6. illus.
   N&CPR

Mead, Kathryn Nadia

Mead, Kathryn Nadia. In Who's who in science and engineering. 3d ed. 1996-1997. New Providence, NJ, Marquis Who's Who, 1996. p. 658.
   Q141.W576 1996/97

Meech, Karen Jean

Karen J. Meech. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 83, Dec. 1996: 10.
   Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for membership on the U.S. National Committee for the IAU.

Meech, Karen Jean. In Who's who in science and engineering. 3d ed. 1996-1997. New Providence, NJ, Marquis Who's Who, 1996. p. 659.
   Q141.W576 1996/97

Naeye, Robert. David Levy, Karen Meech, Leif Robinson elected to ASP Board. Mercury, v. 30, Sept./Oct. 2001: 5-6. col. ports.

Parker, Barry. Karen Meech. In his Stairway to the stars; the story of the world's largest observatory. Drawings by Lori Scoffield. New York, Plenum Press [1994] p. 311, 313-315. port.
   QB82.U62M387 1994

Meinel, Marjorie Pettit

Astronomer daughter of astronomers and working partner of astronomer husband. In The Women's book of world records and achievements. Edited by Lois Decker O'Neill. Garden City, N.Y., Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979. p. 151.
   CT3234.W65
   About Marjorie Pettit Meinel.

Bailey, Martha J. Meinel, Marjorie Pettit (1922- ), astronomer. In her American women in science, a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, 1994. p. 246.
   Q141.B25 1994

Merrill, Winifred Haring Edgerton

Faier, Joan S. Columbia's first woman graduate. Columbia today, v. 3, winter 1977: 27-29. illus., ports.
   LD1237.5.C6, v. 3
   "...With a BA from Wellesley...she invades the all-male world at Columbia."

Middlehurst, Barbara Mary

Jeffreys, Bertha S., Lady. Barbara Mary Middlehurst (1915-1995). In Royal Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 36, Dec. 1995: 461-462.
   QB1.R732, v. 36

Miller, J. Lynn

Mufson, Stuart L. J. Lynn Miller, 1951-2001. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 33, no. 4, 2001: 1576-1578. port.

Mitchell, Maria

Albertson, Alice O. Maria Mitchell, 1818-1889. [n.p., 192-] 10 p. port.
   CT99.M682A4

Alic, Margaret. Maria Mitchell, 1818-1889. American astronomer. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 395-396. port.
   Q141.N736 1999
   References (4): p. 397.

Babbitt, Mary K. Maria Mitchell as her students knew her. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1912. 32 p.
   QB36.M7B3

Bailey, Martha J. Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889), astronomer. In her American women in science, a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, 1994. p. 253-255.
   Q141.B25 1994

Baker, Rachel M., and Joanna B. Merlen. America's first woman astronomer, Maria Mitchell. New York, J. Messner, 1960. 192 p. illus., ports.
   QB36.M7B35
   Bibliography: p. 187-188.

Belserene, Emilia P. Maria Mitchell: nineteenth century astronomer. Astronomy quarterly, no. 19, 1986: 133-150.
   QB1.A85, no. 19
   References (71): p. 148-150.

Belserene, Emilia P. Maria Mitchell's observations of Mira, 1856-1859. In American Association of Variable Star Observers. Journal, v. 12, no. 2, 1983: 49-53. illus.
   QB835.A455, v. 12
   References (6): p. 52.

Bouvé, Pauline C. R. Maria Mitchell. In her American heroes and heroines. Boston, Lothrop Pub. Co. [1905] p. 195-210. port.
   E176.B79

Brackett, Anna C. Maria Mitchell. Century magazine, v. 38, Oct. 1889: 954.
   AP2.C4, v. 38

Camp, Carole Ann. Maria Mitchell (1818-1889). In her American astronomers; searchers and wonderers. Springfield, N.J., Enslow Publishers [1996] (Collective biographies) p. [12]-19. ports.
   QB35.C36 1996
   References (11): p. 93.

Daniels, Elizabeth A. Maria Mitchell, the star of Vassar College. Star date, v. 17, Nov./Dec. 1989: 18-19. ports.

Elliott, Clark A. Mitchell, Maria (August 1, 1818, Nantucket, Mass.--June 28, 1889, Lynn, Mass.). In his Biographical dictionary of American science, the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1979] p. 182.
   Q141.E37
   Includes bibliographical references.

Furness, Caroline E. Mitchell, Maria. In Dictionary of American biography. Edited by Dumas Malone. v. 13. Missl-Oglesby. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1934. p. 57-58.

Gallop, Nancy. Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), astronomer. In her Science is women's work. Photos and biographies of American women in the sciences. Windsor, CA, National Women's History Project, 1993. p. 4-5. port.
   Q141.G35 1993

Heath, Monroe. Maria Mitchell, astronomer -- teacher. In his Great Americans at a glance. v. 4. Women. Redwood City, Calif., Pacific Coast Publishers, 1957. p. 11. port.
    E176.H46, v. 4

Hoffleit, Dorrit. Mitchell, Maria. In Dictionary of scientific biography. v. 9. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1974. p. 421-422.
   Q141.D5, v. 9
   Bibliography: p. 422.

Howe, Julia Ward. Maria Mitchell. In Our famous women. An authorized record of the lives and deeds of distinguished American women of our times. Hartford, Conn., A. D. Worthington, 1884. p. 437-461. port.
   CT3260.07 1884b

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Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe. Maria Mitchell: skysweeper. In his Who lived here? A baker's dozen of historic New England houses and their occupants. Photos. by Samuel Chamberlain. Boston, Little, Brown, 1952. p. 121-129. plates.
   F3.H853

Ketchum, Richard M. Maria Mitchell. In his Faces from the past. New York, American Heritage Press, 1970. p. 74-77. port.
    E176.K47 1970

Kohlstedt, Sally G. Maria Mitchell and the advancement of women in science. In Uneasy careers and intimate lives; women in science, 1789-1979. Edited by Pnina G. Abir-Am and Dorinda Outram. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press [1987] (The Douglass series on women's lives and the meaning of gender) p. [129]-146. ports.
   Q130.U525 1987
   References (74): p. 314-321.
   Reprinted with minor changes and revised notes from the New England Quarterly, v. 51, Mar. 1978, p. 39-63 (F1.N62, v. 51).

McPherson, Stephanie S. Rooftop astronomer; a story about Maria Mitchell. Illus. by Hetty Mitchell. Minneapolis, Carolrhoda Books, 1990. 64 p. illus., ports.
   QB36.M7M36 1990
   Bibliography: p. 63-64.

Maria Mitchell. American journal of science, 3d ser., v. 38, Aug. 1889: 172.
   Q1.A5, n.s., v. 38

Maria Mitchell. Englishwoman's review, new ser., no. 195, Aug. 15, 1889: 344-346.
   HQ1101.E52, 1889
   A note in issue no. 196, Sept. 14, 1889, p. 421, reports that Miss Mitchell left $1,000 to Vassar College.

Maria Mitchell. New York times, v. 38, June 29, 1889: 5.
   N&CPR

Maria Mitchell. In New York University. Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame for great Americans at New York University; official handbook. Edited by Theodore Morello. Rev. ed. New York, New York University Press, 1967. p. 69. port.
   LD3885.H3A5 1967
   The Hall of Fame medal honoring Maria Mitchell is depicted on p. 60.

Maria Mitchell. In Scientists: their lives and works. v. 4. Marie C. Ellavich, editor. Detroit, U.X.L. [1998] p. 170-175. port.
    Q141.S3717 1996, v. 4
   "Further Readings": p. 175.

Matyas, Charles J. Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in America. Science digest, v. 50, Sept. 1961: 81-87. port.
   Q1.S383, v. 50

Memoir of Professor Maria Mitchell of Vassar College, United States. Englishwoman's review, new ser., no. 8, Oct. 1871: 248-249.
   HQ1101.E52, 1871

Memorial to Maria Mitchell. Englishwoman's review, new ser., no. 257, Apr. 15, 1903: 135.
   HQ1101.E52, 1903

Miss Maria Mitchell. Observatory, v. 12, Aug. 1889: 332-333.
   QB1.02, v. 12

Mitchell, Henry. Maria Mitchell. In American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. Proceedings. new ser., v. 17; whole ser., v. 25. From May, 1889, to May, 1890. Boston, University Press, J. Wilson, 1890. p. 331-343. facsim.
    Q11.B7, v. 25

Mitchell, Maria. Extracts from her diary. In Merriam, Eve, comp. Growing up female in America. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971. p. 75-90.
   HQ1412.M45

Mitchell, Maria. Maria Mitchell, life, letters, and journals. Compiled by Phebe Mitchell Kendall. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1896. 293 p. ports.
    QB36.M7K5

Morgan, Helen L. Maria Mitchell, first lady of American astronomy. Philadelphia, West-American astronomy. Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1977. 141 p.
   Bibliography: p. 135.
   See also Dorrit Hoffleit's review in Sky and Telescope, v. 55, June 1978, p. 523-525 (QB1.S536, v. 55).

Muir, Charles S. Maria Mitchell: discovered new comet from her roof. In his Women, the makers of history. New York, Vantage Press, 1956. p. 174-175.
   CT3202.M8

Opalko, Jane. Maria Mitchell: first woman astronomer in America. Odyssey, v. 3, Mar. 1994: 4-7. illus., ports.
   See also the short piece following on p. 8-9, "Nantucket, Birthplace of Maria Mitchell."

Opalko, Jane. Maria Mitchell's haunting legacy. Sky & telescope, v. 83, May 1992: 505-507. illus. (part col.), port.
   QB1.S536, v. 83

Packer, Joan G. Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 270-275.
    Q141.N734 1997
   Notes (9): p. 274-275. Bibliography: p. 275.

Priestley, Alice E. A. Maria Mitchell, as an educator. [New York] 1947.
   MicRR AC-1, no. 939
   Microfilm copy (positive) of typescript. Made in 1948 by University Microfilms.
   Collation of the original, as determined from the film: vi, 69 leaves.
   Abstracted in Microfilm Abstracts, v. 8, no. 1, 1948, p. 54.
   Bibliography: leaves [60]-63.

Spangenburg, Ray, and Diane K. Moser. Maria Mitchell: first woman astronomer in the United States. In their The history of science in the nineteenth century. New York, Facts on File, 1994. (On the shoulders of giants) p. 60-61. port.
   Q125.S737 1994

Spofford, Harriet P. Maria Mitchell. Chautauquan, v. 10, Nov. 1889: 181-185.
   AP2.C48, v. 10

Stevens, William O. Maria Mitchell. In his Famous women of America. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1950. p. 103-108. port.
    CT3260.S75

Stille, Darlene R. Maria Mitchell. In her Extraordinary women scientists. Chicago, Childrens Press, 1995. p. 145-147. ports.
   Q130.S75 1995

Whitney, Mary W. Life and work of Maria Mitchell, L.L.D. In Association for the Advancement of Women. Papers read before the Association for the Advancement of Women. 18th Women's Congress, Toronto, Can., October 1890. Fall River, Mass., J. H. Franklin, 1891. p. 12-28.
   HQ1402.A82, 1890

Whitney, Mary W. Maria Mitchell. Sidereal messenger, v. 9, Feb. 1890: 49-51. port.
   QB1.A8, v. 9
   The portrait faces p. 49.

Wilkie, Katherine E. Maria Mitchell, stargazer. In Wayne, Bennett, comp. Women who dared to be different. Champaigne, Ill., Garrad Pub. Co., 1973. (A Target book) p. 95-125. illus., ports.
   CT3260.W39
   "Maria Mitchell, 1818-1889": p. 94.

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Wilson, R. C. America's first woman scientist. Mankind, v. 6, Feb. 1981: 33, 50. illus.
   D1.M3, v. 6

Wright, Helen. Mitchell, Maria. In Notable American women, 1607-1950, a biographical dictionary. Edward T. James, editor. v. 2. G-O. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. p. 554-556.
    CT3260.N57, v. 2

Wright, Helen. Sweeper in the sky; the life of Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in America. New York, Macmillan Co., 1949. 253 p. plates, ports.
   QB36.M7W7
   "Bibliographical Note": p. 241-246.

Mitton, Jacqueline

Mitton, Jacqueline. In Contemporary authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Frances C. Locher, editor. v. 97-100. Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1981. p. 377.
   Z1224.C6, v. 97-100

Monsignori, Chiara Bruna Fossi

Foderà Serio, Giorgia, and Donatella Randazzo. Fossi Monsignori, Chiara Bruna (1943, 1996). In their Astronomi italiani dall'unità d'Italia ai nostri giorni: un primo elenco. [Firenze] Società astronomica italiana editore [1997] p. 46.

Landini, Massimo. Remembering Brunella Monsignori Fossi. Advances in space research, v. 20, no. 12, 1997: 2375-2380. port.

Mazzucconi, Fabrizio. In memoria di Brunella Monsignori-Fossi. Giornale di astronomia, v. 23, giugno 1996: 2. port.
   QB33.I8G56, v. 23

Moons, Michèle Brigitte Marie Madeleine

MOONS, Michèle, Brigitte, Marie, Madeleine. In Qui est qui en Belgique francophone et au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, 1990-1991. Bruxelles, Appel [1990] p. 420.
   CT1173.Q5 1990-1991

Morbidellli, Alessandro. Remembering Michèle Moons. Celestial mechanics & dynamical astronomy, v. 68, no. 3, 1998: 199-204. port.
   QB351.C4, v. 68
   References (41): p. 203-204.

Morrison, Nancy Dunlap

Morrison, Nancy D. In Who's who in technology. 7th ed. Kimberley A. McGrath, editor. New York, Gale Research [1995] p. 848.
   T39.W5 1995

Morrow, Cherilynn A.

Morrow joins IDEA. Inside astrophysics, v. 2, fall 1992: 12. port.

Moshkova, Vera Sargeevna

V. S. Moshkova. Astronomicheski tsirkuliar, no. 179, aprelia 20, 1957: 24.
   QB1.A466, no. 179

Mueller, Jean

Levy, David H. StarTrails. Sky & telescope, v. 84, July 1992: 96-97. port.
   QB1.S536, v. 84
   About Jean Mueller, now working with the second Palomar Sky Survey.

Naeye, Robert. Keepers of the night. Photos by Raleigh Souther. Astronomy, v. 29, Sept. 2001: 46-53. col. illus., col. ports.
   "A behind-the-scenes look at the people who keep a 53-year-old telescope from falling off the cutting edge."
   Includes information about the career and work of Jean Mueller, a night assistant first at Mt. Wilson and, since 1985, at Palomar.

Mulders, Elizabeth Sternberg

Death of Elizabeth Sternberg Mulders. In Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Publications, v. 61, Feb. 1949: 57.
   QB1.A4, v. 61

Elizabeth Sternberg Mulders. Journal of geophysical research, v. 54, June 1949: 203-204.
   QC811.J6, v. 54

Müller, Edith Alice

Blaauw, Adriaan. Edith Alice Müller, 1918-1995. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 28, no. 4, 1996: 1457-1458. port.

In memoriam. Edith A. Müller. In International Astronomical Union. Information bulletin, 76, Jan. 1996: v.
   DN-Ob

Maeder, André. Edith A. Müller (1918-1995). In Royal Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 37, June 1996: 267-268.

Remembering Edith Alice Müller. Edited by I. Appenzeller, Y. Chmielewski, J.-C. Pecker, R. de la Reza, F. Tammann, and P. Wayman. Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers [1998] 147 p. illus., ports. (Astrophysics and space science library, v. 222)
   QB36.M78R46 1998
   "Edith A. Müller (1918-1995) --List of publications": p. 139-143.
   A collection of brief reminiscences by many friends, associates, and colleagues.

Woszczyk, Andrzej. In memoriam. Umieraja gwiazdy, odchodza astronomowie ... Postepy astronomii, t. 43, pa dz./grudz. 1995: 186-187. ports.
   Includes an obituary and portrait of Edith A. Mueller.

Müller, Maria Clara Eimmart

Hirsching, Friedrich C. G. Eimmartin, Maria Clara. In his Historisch-literarisches Handbuch berühmter und denkwürdiger Personen, welche in dem 18. Jahrhunderte gestorben sind. 2. Bd., 1. Abth. Desing-Geminiani. Leipzig, Im Schwickertschen Verlage, 1795. p. 96.
   CT157.H5, v. 2.1

Jöcher, Christian G. Müllerin (Maria Clara). In his Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon. 3. Th. M-R. Leipzig, In J. F. Glenditschens Buchhandlung, 1751. columns 743-744.
   Z1010.J63, v. 3

Petrusso, Annette. Maria Eimmart Müller, 1676-1707. German astronomer and illustrator. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 406.
   Q141.N736 1999
   References (3): p. 406.

Will, Georg A. Müllerin (Maria Clara). In his Nürnbergisches Gelehrten-Lexicon; oder, Beschreibung aller Nürnbergischen Gelehrten beyderley Geschlechtes nach Ihrem Leben, Verdiensten und Schrifften. 2. Th. von H-M. Nürnberg, Zu finden bey L. Schüpfel, 1756. p. 673-674.
   Z2244.N97W6, v. 2

Myerscough, Valerie Patricia

McCrea, William H., and M. R. C. McDowell. Valerie Patricia Myerscough. In Royal Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 22, Mar. 1981: 85-89.
   QB1.R732, v. 22

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