Maria Mitchell was an astronomer, a teacher and a womens rights advocate. She became the first American woman to discover a comet and her legacy still lives on to this day.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Mitchell
https://www.mariamitchell.org/about/about-maria-mitchell
https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/06/05/maria-mitchell-science-religion/
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CITN (30 Something Single) - https://www.instagram.com/thirtysomethingsingle/?hl=en
Brain Pickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/
Nats What I Reckon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFW1E8QzP-hKxjO2Rj68wg
Staged - https://iview.abc.net.au/show/staged
Jane Goody - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvPL1icDi8M
Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.
Produced by Sam Petersen
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