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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
(1900 - 1979)
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Back Bay West
28 Newbury St., Boston, MA 02116
19th Century
Science & Technology
Now based in Cambridge, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded in Boston during the Revolution, admitted its first woman member, Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), in 1848.
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