Maria Mitchell’s Enduring Legacy: From Astronomical Poetry to Liberty Ships
Posted by: Josh Levy
This post is coauthored by Morgan Black, librarian at the United States Naval Observatory, and Josh Levy, historian of science and technology at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. When Maria Mitchell spotted a telescopic comet from the roof of her Nantucket home in 1847, a historic feat that helped make her a national celebrity, …
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