Amasa Reuben was an astronomer at the cornell observatory in New York. She had to work really hard to get to that point, says author Raison D'Souza. All four of her children ended up pursuing peachdes in stem fields as well. The story about the bathroom issue with vera didn't make it into your book but you got the untold story.
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