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Reminiscences on the Career of Martha Stahr Carpenter: Between a Rock and (Several) Hard Places

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Kristine Larsen
Physics and Earth Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, CT 06053

Presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the AAVSO, October 5, 2011; received February 13, 2012; revised March 21, 2012; accepted March 24, 2012

Abstract

An overview is presented of the life and work of Martha Stahr Carpenter, three-term president of the AAVSO and member since 1946, based on her reminiscences and archival research.