Maria Mitchell

August 1, 1818 - June 28, 1889. First professional female astronomer. Expect random words of wisdom. ✨

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

wanted to say i was just recently diagnosed with #braindisease and that i may not survive. 😦 sending public love to my comet, Venus once again, and my family. it’s okay i’ll girlboss in Heaven with my Quaker family. ❤️😌

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

just wanted to call out the sad sack of crap that thrives off narcissism and probably misogyny @francescodevico (no, not the italian actor) that’s telling others he discovered my comet. ���#cancelled

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

thanks for always teaching me even outside of school, Father. wouldn’t be here without you. needed to do you dirty with this photo though 🤭

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

don’t settle for a 5, go for a 12 inch 😉(a good day to own the 3rd largest telescope in the United States)

[National Women's History Museum @womenshistory]

1st US female astronomer, Maria Mitchell, was an abolitionist & wouldn't to wear clothes made of slave picked cotton

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

Just an appreciation post to my fav 😘 computing tables of Venus positions for the US Nautical Almanac Office is the highlight of my days <3

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

when your students make contributions to new ideas like color vision in the training school you made for women >>>>

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

stop underestimating me🫶

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

@nantucketlibrary , wanted to officially depart from my amazing job as (the first ever female🥰) librarian at Nantucket Library. Thank you ❤️

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

POV: America is going through a civil war but you’re visiting astronomers in Europe 🤭 my heart goes out to the union for fighting for the rights of not only slaves, but for everyone.

[Christopher Renstrom @rulingplanets]

Daily Horoscope: Leo - Thursday, August 18, 2022 - The Sun always rises on a new day and with Jupiter forming an amazing trine to Venus today - it will! #leo #astrology #horoscope https://t.co/YI3HflEIsI

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

@SenecaFallsCSD Listen to the demands of women like me and my good friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Don’t expect worldwide achievements without equal rights. #feminism #sufferage

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

the rumors are true, i am distantly related to this king 👑

[Today In History @URDailyHistory]

17 April 1790: American Founding Father, inventor, #ambassador and writer Benjamin #Franklin dies in Philadelphia. He was born in Boston on January 17, 1790. #AmericanHero #history #HappyBirthday #OTD #ad https://t.co/PRuD3Ihd39 https://t.co/FVXdv4ejMf

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

guilty 💅

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

“We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.” - your favourite comet catcher ;)

[Maria Mitchell @littlemscomet]

How is it possible that all 9 of my siblings heard of this before me? Anyways, I’m the Mitchell with the comet— the one that won a gold medal prize for discovering it. Pleasure to be here.