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Hanna Steele Pettit Life Timeline:

1886 November 6 - Born in Catesville, Pa.

1909 - A.B. undergraduate degree in ____ at Swarthmore College

1912 - M.A. masters degree in ____ at Swarthmore College

1912 - 1916 - Observer in Sproul Laboratory

1916 - 1920 - Assistant at Yerkes Observatory

1918 - expedition to Solar Eclipse in Matheson, Colorado Likely met her husband sometime in here?

1919 - Ph.D. in ____ at University of Chicago Probably accepted into American Astronomical Society at this point?

1920 - 1930s (?) - Assistant at Mount Wilson Observatory, Carnegie Institution

1922 - likely birth year of eldest daughter

1923 - expedition to Solar Eclipse in Point Loma

1930 - expedition to Solar Eclipse in Honey Lake

1932 - expedition to Solar Eclipse in Lancaster, N.H.

1961 September 10 - Died in Los Angeles, CA

Other Fun Info:

Had two children, Margerie and Hellen

Had a stroke in the 60s (3 years after her husband retired)