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Frances Woodworth Wright

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to military officers and engineers; for many years afterward, she taught navigation classes to Harvard students and local sailors. "I just love the looks in some of their faces when they've learned something," she said in 1986. "You feel as if you've added to their horizons, just as it adds to mine.
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Frances Woodworth Wright died from cancer in 1989 in Cambridge, aged 92 years. Her small telescope is in the collection of historical scientific instruments at Harvard University, and Wright created and endowed the Frances W. Wright Navigation Fund, ensure the course's continued availability.
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Wright, Frances W.; Hodge, Paul W.; Langway, Chester C. (1963). "Studies of particles for extraterrestrial origin: 1. Chemical analyses of 118 particles".
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Hodge, Paul W.; Wright, Frances W. (April 1969). "A semiempirical estimate of the micrometeorite flux at the earth's surface and its implications".
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Wright continued working at the observatory until 1971, and taught undergraduate courses in navigation for many years after that.
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Hodge, Paul W.; Wright, Frances W. (March 1970). "Meteoritic Spherules in the Soil surrounding Terrestrial Impact Craters".
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The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century
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Hodge, Paul W.; Wright, Frances W. (November 1973). "Particles Around Boxhole Meteorite Crater".
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The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
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Wright, Frances W. (1986-01-01). "Bart J. Bok and Navigation during World War II".
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography and Other Recollections Second Edition
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was named in her honor, after its discovery at the Harvard College Observatory.
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It inspires me to think this course gives them a sense of adventure."
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Particularized Navigation: How to Prevent Navigational Emergencies
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Particularized Navigation: How to Prevent Navigational Emergencies
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She wrote three books on navigation techniques, all published by
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Frances Woodworth Wright examining a planetary exhibit.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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White woman seated at a telescope.
Harvard College Observatory
Providence
Cambridge
astronomer
Harvard University
World War II
celestial navigation
Providence, Rhode Island
St. Nicholas
Brown University
Radcliffe College
Fred Whipple
White woman standing, looking up at an astronomy exhibit.
Elmira College
computer
Harvard College Observatory
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
celestial navigation
Cornell Maritime Press
Bart Bok
Paul W. Hodge
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Ogilvie, Marilyn
Harvey, Joy
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century
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9781135963422
"My Favorite Poem"

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