"FEEDINGYOUNG LADIES' MINDS FROM LIVING SPRINGS" MARIAMITCHELLAND VASSAR COLLEGE By Elizabeth A. Daniels Elizabeth Daniels is Professor Emerita of English at Vassar College and currently is the college historian. She is the author of several books, most recently with Maryann Bruno, of Vassar College, in the College History Series of Arcadia Publishing, Inc.
Maria Mitchell Special Collections, Vassar College Libraries In keeping with his desire to make Vassar Female College a firstrate institution oflearning, Matthew Vassar, founder, decided to try to attract Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), America's celebrated woman astronomer, to the college as the professor of astronomy and director of the
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