Mildred Shapley Matthews

Mildred Shapley Matthews (February 15, 1915 – February 11, 2016) was a book editor and writer known for astronomy books. She was the daughter of astronomer Harlow Shapley who named an asteroid for her.

Mildred Shapley, one of five siblings (the others were all boys) born to Harlow and Martha Shapley, attended the University of Michigan where she met her future husband, Ralph Matthews. The couple married in 1937, and moved to Altadena, California in 1945, where they lived for over 30 years and raised three of their four children. A widow, she died four days before her 101st birthday in Pasadena, California, survived by her four children, a brother, and a large extended family.

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