elisabeth miller bardwell (december 4, 1831 in colrain, massachusetts – may 27, 1899 in greenfield, massachusetts) was an american astronomer whose main area of study was meteor showers. she graduated from mount holyoke college in 1866, and continued on at the college as an instructor until her death. during those 33 years, she taught a mixture of algebra, trigonometry, physics, and astronomy for the first twenty years, and eventually only astronomy after 1886. she also oversaw the development of the observatory at the college which included invited visits to the washington, princeton, lick, berlin, and potsdam observatories. in november, 1891 she was elected a member of the astronomical society of the pacific; in march 1895, of the british astronomical association, and in 1898, of the american association for the advancement of science. she was a contributor to "astronomy", "astro-physics", and "popular astronomy".