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I am sad to announce Maria Mitchell's death on June 28, 1889 after being sick. Rest In Peace, Maria. We will miss you.

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heading back to Lynn, Massachusetts!!! #familyhomehereicome

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after teaching at Vasaar College for 23 years, it's time for me to retire!

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women deserve the same treatment as men!!! women are suited for math and science too!!!

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i've always believed that scientific methods could be applied to solve social problems but i never thought that belief would take me to being the vice president of the American Social Science Association!

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witnessed a solar eclipse today!!! #hobby

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i campaign for the abolition of slavery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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i find the sun sooo interesting!!! one of my favorite things to do is studying and photographing sun spots!! finding the origin and changes is also super cool!

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in class today we observed the surface of jupiter and saturn and investigated binary stars!!! #mykindafun

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life update: I'm the professor of astronomy and director of the observatory at Vassar College. It's a newly founded women's college in New York. :)))))))

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Europe is sooooo much fun!!!! I have met Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Herschel, and Mary Somerville, and Alexander von Humboldt!! Always say yes to chaperoning!

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I have just been named to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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After 19 years of calculating time, latitude, and longitude, I am sad to announce I am retiring my position as an analyst for the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.

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now an analyst for the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac !!!!

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i had so much fun today with Joseph Henry at lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #reunited #bettertogether #bffl #cantlivewithout #bestiefortherestie

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super excited to be the subject of a magazine tomorrow

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Also the first women to be named to the American Philosophical Society!

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I am now the first women to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!

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Truly honored to have received and gold medal from the king of Denmark for my discovery!

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ever since i discovered the comet i've had a lot more attention on me...all around the world!

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finally! after a year of hard work, it has been confirmed that i spotted the comet first instead of the other European scientists! #missmitchellscomet

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just found a comet #nobigdeal

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Happy birthday to me!!!!

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some astronomers noticed my and father"s and my work because of the detail and accuracy :0 #woahhh

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my favorite part of the day is afternoons with my dad observing the objects in the sky from our small observatory on the roof of my dad's bank

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i have been working at Nantucket Atheneum library for 5 years now! i could do this for 15 more! i love only going on saturdays and the afternoons and reading whenever i want!!!

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Just opened my new school! Starting at 5:00 am tomorrow to observe the sun rise... #braggingrights

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just doin what i do best!

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#selfie #thoughtilookedcute #mightdeletelater

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