Christopher N. Brieseth wrote this essay in 1966, the year following the death of Frances Perkins. He was one of the members of Cornell’s Telluride House who invited Perkins to live with them for what would be the last five years of her life.
An illustration of Cassiopeia in reverse or as seen from without the celestial sphere. The super nova of 1572 (SN 1572) is depicted along the back of the throne.