An astronomer, educator and first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she discovered a comet from her Nantucket Island rooftop observatory in 1847. A graduate of Vassar College, she blazed a trail for women to study the sciences. Check out Maria's Comet by Deborah Hopkinson and Maria Mitchell by Beatrice Gormley. An Association has been established at her home in Massachusetts. "When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests."
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he he! Your comment cracked me up :) Happy Dr. Seuss day and Women's History Month to you , Pam!
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