Jennifer Lynn Bartlett movedMar 27, 2024

Maude Bennot (1892-1982)
1st woman to direct a Zeiss #planetarium. After 15 yrs service, including teaching #WWII midshipmen #celnav, #Chicago’s Adler Planetarium let her go, a loss for #astronomy #education.

#WomeinSTEM #scicomm #histsci #womenshistorymonth #science #STEMEd

https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/blog/meet-maude-bennot-the-woman-behind-the-adler/

Meet Maude Bennot: The Woman Behind the Adler - Adler Planetarium

If you love science and community and the place the Adler is today, you will like Maude Bennot, and will find her story worth reading until the last word.

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