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Comet Chaser: The True Cinderella Story of Caroline Herschel, the First Professional Woman Astronomer
Pamela S. Turner
Illustrator: Vivien Mildenberger
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 978-1-4521-4543-3
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-STEM, comets, feminism
With the aid of her brother, an 18th-century German girl destined for a life of housework became a feted cosmologist. Dark impressionistic illustrations evoke a sense of the cosmos. Endnotes. Bibliography.