Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson
Salem State University - Callan Studio Theater 356 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA, United StatesFull of wonder, humor, and heart, Lauren Gunderson's Silent Sky is the remarkable true story of Henrietta Leavitt, one of the pioneering women astronomers working at Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s. When Leavitt begins working at the observatory, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope, much less engage in academic discourse. Instead, she joins a group...