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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Publicado en:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 113; no. 4; pp. 21 - 27
Autor principal: Mazzaferro, Alexander
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Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Dec2024
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