Maria Mitchell

I see poetry in the sky, it’s 1830 but women still have no rights

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Several of my students testified to the great influence I had as a teacher #touched #honored

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Oh I was also the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences !

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I have my father to thank for my interest astronomy !☺️

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first female US astronomer !

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King Frederick VI of Denmark just awarded me with the gold medal prize :)🥰

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You know what I may have been the first librarian in Nantucket but I’ve never shushed someone for whispering in a library and I live by that

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Some of y’all have never been to a library and it shows

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my parents valued equal education and some of y’all can’t even show up to school

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@PatonFleming And that’s on catching a case

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@PercivalLowell8 @PatonFleming Who asked

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@PatonFleming #feministsforlife

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@PatonFleming Men are gross

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Aren’t men just the worst? Exactly. #feminist #hoesbeforebros

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Professor of astronomy at Vassar College in New York... the big APPLE 🍎

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“As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.” Kinda tense but you know I’m not wrong !

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@HerrKepler That’s so sad :((

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Died on June 28, 1889.... of a brain disease !

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@OGBigBrainBoi Wow this just gave me life again... thank you !

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Ever have 10 siblings ?? No oh okay good ! It sucks... wouldn’t wish it upon anyone. Hehe :)

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@HerrKepler Woah okay okay count me in :)