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ENGLISH Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell was born in 1818 in Massachusetts. She was raised as a Quaker. The Quaker religion values
education equally for boys and girls. So, although many other young girls could not attend school at this time, the
Quaker families sent their daughters to school. When Maria was 11, her father built his own school and she was a
student in this school, Maria also served as a teaching assistant, Because Maria showed an early interest in the
stars, Mr. Mitchell taught Maria about the telescope and astronomy. Maria continued to study astronomy. In 1847
Maria discovered a comet by using her own telescope. The King of Denmark had offered gold medal prizes to
anyone who discovered a comet with a telescope. She won one of these prizes and this made her renowned
throughout the world. She became the first professional female astronomer in the United States. Maria was the
first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and also to the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Later in her career, she worked for the U.S. Nautical Almanac Office to trace how the
planet Venus yearly orbited. Maria became professor of astronomy at Vassar College in 1865 and was named
Director of the observatory there. Maria soon realized that she was paid much less as a woman professor. She
demanded that the college pay her just as much as the men professors. After asking for more money, she
eventually received the same pay as the men professors. Marla believed in equality and disagreed with slavery so
she refused to wear any clothing made from cotton since the slaves worked in the cotton fields in the South. She
helped start the American Association for the Advancement of Women and served as its president for three years
She was also one of the first women to be elected to the American Philosophical Society. Maria died in 1889 at
the age of 70. The Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massachusetts, is named in her honor. She was
given many honors after her death. She is listed in the National Women's Hall of Fame, and both a World War II
liberty ship, and the crater "Mitchell" on the Moon are named after her. Maria Mitchell is well-known for her
quote, “We have a hunger of the mind. We ask for all of the knowledge around us and the more we get, the more
we desire." She truly loved learning and she truly was a great astronomer
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What advantage did Maria enjoy because of being born in a Quaker family?
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2. What did Maria achieve in 1865?
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3. Why did Maria not wear cotton garments?
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4. List some of the honours Maria received after her death.
5. Do you think men and women should be treated equally? Write a paragraph on Equality in 50 to 60
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