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Supporting Actors.

The article focuses on the significant yet often overlooked contributions of Jane Aitken, an early American printer, to the American Philosophical Society (APS) and its Transactions. Despite the near-total exclusion of women from the Society during its first century, Aitken played a crucial role in...

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Published in:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 113; no. 4; pp. 21 - 27
Main Author: Mazzaferro, Alexander
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Dec2024
Subjects:
Women in science
Enlightenment
American Philosophical Society
History of printing
Scientific communication
Learned institutions & societies
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