Maria M Mitchell

These biographies explore the contributions of women to the sciences, detailing the paths that led these women to break gender barriers. A pioneer in both astronomy and women's rights, Mitchell followed a path of self-education to achieve her goal of becoming an astronomer. She went on to become the...

New England blossomed in the nineteenth century, producing a crop of distinctively American writers along with distinguished philosophers and jurists, abolitionists and scholars. A few of the female stars of this era-Emily Dickinson, Margaret Fuller, and Susan B. Anthony, for instance-are still appr...

Nantucket, Mass., A ug. I, 1818. She was the third child of William and Lydia C oleman Mitchell. Her ancestors, on both sides, were Quakers for many generations; and it was in consequence of the intolerance of the early Puritans that these ancestors had been obliged to flee from the State of Massach...

In the mid-1800s, a turbulent time when women were often thought to be unworthy of higher education, Maria Mitchell rose above the prejudices of her day to become America's first professional woman astronomer. This exciting biography tells the story of Maria Mitchell's life, her amazing achievements...

Look up at the stars and explore the life of Maria Mitchell, the first female astronomer in the United States.

"Lovecraft After Dark," a is new collection of horror from JWK Fiction, edited by James Ward Kirk and Roger Cowin. We offer short fiction and poetry blending sensuality with the Mythos. Passionate encounters, forbidden romances between humans and the gods and demons of Lovecraft's world. Ever wonder...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original artwork and text.