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Maria Mitchell

(Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889)

Maria Mitchell ( mə-RY-ə; August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI (modern designation C/1847 T1) that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor. She won a gold medal prize for her discovery, which was presented to her by King Christian VIII of Denmark in 1848. Mitchell was the first internationally known woman to work as both a professional astronomer and a professor of astronomy after accepting a position at Vassar College in 1865. She was also the first woman elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (From Wikipedia)

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Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell, First Woman Astronomer in America (New York: Macmillan, 1949), by Helen Wright
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Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals, by Maria Mitchell, ed. by Phebe Mitchell Kendall
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Reminiscences of Famous Women (Buffalo and New York: Evans-Penfold Co., c1916), by Harriet A. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)

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Maria Mitchell, life, letters, and journals (Lee and Shepard, 1896), by Maria Mitchell, Lucy Stone, and Phebe Mitchell Kendall (page images at HathiTrust)

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Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals, ed. by Phebe Mitchell Kendall
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Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889, contrib.: Seaweeds From the Shores of Nantucket (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Co.; New York: C. S. Francis and Co., 1853), ed. by Lucy Coffin Starbuck
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Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889, ed.: Wonders of the Moon (New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1873), by Amédée Guillemin, trans. by M. G. Mead (page images at HathiTrust)

Additional books by Maria Mitchell in the extended shelves:

Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889: Maria Mitchell, life, letters, and journals (Lee and Shepard, 1896), also by Lucy Stone and Phebe Mitchell Kendall (page images at HathiTrust)
Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889: Woman and the higher education (Harper, 1893), also by Anna C. Brackett, Lucy Maynard Salmon, Alice Freeman Palmer, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, Emma C. Mrs. Embury, and Emma Willard (page images at HathiTrust)
Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889: Wonders of the moon. (C. Scribner's sons, 1886), also by Amédée Guillemin and M. G. Mead (page images at HathiTrust)

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