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My partner, Jason, and I will be working on adding more information to Elisabeth Bardwell's wikipedia page. She barely has a paragraph of information. We will start by adding a picture or two, uncovering her scientific contributions, and the groundwork she laid for her successors at the college. We know that she submitted scientific articles to a monthly magazine, so if we can find those, we can learn more about her focus area.

Adding to an Article: OG Article

Elisabeth Miller Bardwell (December 4, 1831 in Colrain, Massachusetts &#x2013; May 27, 1899 in Greefield, Massachusetts ) was an American astronomer. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1866, she continued on there as an instructor until her death. During those 33 years, she taught a mixture of algebra, trigonometry, physics, and astronomy for the first twenty years and then only astronomy after 1886. In November, 1891 she was elected a member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; in March 1895, of the British Astronomical Association, and in 1898, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was a contributor to the "Astronomy", "Astro-Physics", and the "Popular Astronomy." Table of Contents


 * 1) Life
 * 2) Work
 * 3) Instructing at Holyoke College
 * 4) Research
 * 5) Associations
 * 6) Astronomical Society of the Pacific
 * 7) British Astronomical Association
 * 8) American Association for the Advancement of Science
 * 9) Contributions
 * 10) See Also
 * 11) Anne Young
 * 12) References

Time at College
Bardwell graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1866 and remained to teach there for 33 years. She taught algebra, trigonometry, physics, and astronomy. She was also the director of the John Payson Williston Observatory at the college from its opening in 1881 until 1896, during which time she oversaw its growth. Improvements in telescopes allowed her and her students to observe sunspots, lunar occulations, and variable stars. The astronomy program became a popular course of study with nearly 20% of students choosing to enroll in an astronomy class between 1896-1976 after the college introduced an astronomy major in 1895. The development of the observatory and the course itself laid the groundwork for the next generation of female astronomy professors at the college, such as Anne Sewell Young.