SILENT SKY at Tacoma Little Theatre at Tacoma Little Theatre

The true story of a brilliant, history-making woman, hitherto unknown to many of us.This true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a womans place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when womens ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications; Henrietta and her female peers believe in both, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the heavens and Earth.