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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Mary Herschel
Mary Herschel
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Herschel, Mary
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Mary Pitt
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Caroline Herschel
CH
's brother
William
, with whom she had lived as housekeeper and assistant since 1772, married a widow named
Mary Pitt
, effectively rendering his sister homeless and in part unemployed.
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Brock, Claire.
The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel’s astronomical ambition
. Thriplow, 2007.
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