All posts tagged "Scottish-American history"
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10.4K3bostonWilliamina Fleming, From Scottish Maid to Harvard Astronomer
Williamina Fleming worked as a maid for an astronomer who got frustrated with his staff at Harvard. One day he supposedly exclaimed,...
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13.4K4Politics and MilitaryThe Vermont Sleeping Sentinel: A Strange Civil War Legacy
When William Scott of Groton, Vt., signed up to fight for the Union at the start of the Civil War, the eager,...
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