Maria Mitchell

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

“We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.” -Me #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

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[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

I made computations for the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. #whatacatchyname #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

When I was a college professor, my students and I tracked sunspots. #hot #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

In 1848 I became the first woman to be named to the American Academy of Sciences. #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

I also had a battleship used in World War II named after me. Maria Mitchell, wrecking stereotypes and fascists since 1818. #AstroTweet

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@mariamitchella1 Stargazing and chill?

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

The name of the observatory in Nantucket was changed to honor me after I died. #famous #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

After I retired and my mom died in 1861, I went and lived with my dad. #Daddyslittlegirl #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

I was never married, and I didn't ever have any kids. #foreveralone #addmeontinder #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

The Dutch king Frederick VI gave me a gold medal for discovering my comet. #bling #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

As the first female astronomer, not everybody took me seriously. But now I have a comet named after me, so who's the real winner?#AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

Since I was the first female astronomer, not everybody took me seriously. But now I have a comet named after me, so who's the real winner?

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

I became the professor of astronomy at Vassar College in 1865. I was also named director of the Vassar College Observatory.

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

I was the first female astronomer, and on October 1, 1847, I discovered a comet, which was named "Miss Mitchell's Comet".

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

I worked at my dad's school for a while, and then I worked as the librarian at the Nantucket Atheneum for 20 years.

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

My parents ensured that I got the same education that boys did when I was young. As a teenager my father taught me astronomy at home.

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

I was raised a Quaker, and I was one of ten children. With that many siblings you'd think my family was Mormon! #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

I was born on August 1, 1818 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and I died on June 28, 1889 in Lynn, Massachusetts. #AstroTweet

[Maria Mitchell @mariamitchella1]

Hi everybody, I'm Maria Mitchell. #AstroTweet