Immaculate's ppt
- 2. Younger Years • Born August 1st, 1818 to Quaker parents William and Lydia Mitchell in Nantucket, Massachusetts • Attended the Cyrus Pierce School For Young Ladies • Self-educated for the vast majority of her younger years • Teaching Assistant at age 16
- 3. Achievements • 1847- First person to discover a comet only seen through a telescope. • 1848- Awarded gold medal. Comet named the “Miss Mitchell Comet” • 1848- first female member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences • 1850- Association for the Advancement of Science
- 4. More Achievements 1865- First female professor at Vassar College, teaching astronomy. Director of college observatory. Got to use its 12-inch telescope--- 3rd largest in the U.S 1869- First woman elected to the American Philosophical Society. 1873- Founded the American Association for the Advancement of Women. (president for 3 yrs) Led one session of the Women’s Congress
- 5. Death & Post-Death 1. Retired from Vassar in 1888 due to poor health. 2. Died in Lynn, Massachusetts on June 28, 1889. 3. 1902- establishment of the Maria Mitchell Association on Nantucket 4. 1905- elected to the Hall of Fame of Great Americans 5. 1994-elected to the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. 6. Crater on moon named after her. 7. Name carved in a frieze at the Boston Public Library
- 6. Kinda Fun Facts 3rd of ten children!! Daayuummm!. Could do complex calculations by the age of 7. This chic mad smart!!! Age 14, could adjust a ship’s chronometer(valuable skill in whale porting) Offered a job in the U.S Nautical Almanac Office in 1850, as a computer. Vatican Observatory—Absolutely No Chics Allowed!! Except for Maria Mitchell.
Editor's Notes
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