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Re: Scottish maid - Williamina Fleming - prominent astronomer 1857-1911

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Subject: Re: Scottish maid - Williamina Fleming - prominent astronomer 1857-1911
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by: Mike Van Pelt - Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:08 UTC

In article <IPIoL.89751$iU59.28438@fx14.iad>,
a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Scottish maid - Williamina Fleming - prominent astronomer 1857-1911

I saw the play "Silent Sky" a few months ago... recommended, though they
got some details of Henrietta Leavitt wrong. Williamina Fleming was
one of her collegues in the "computer" department.

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