Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer who, in 1847, by using a telescope, discovered a comet which as a result became known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet". She won a gold medal prize for her discovery which was presented to her by King Frederick VI of Denmark. On the medal was inscribed "Non Frustra Signorum Obitus Speculamur et Ortus" in Latin. Mitchell was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth1 August 1818
CountryUnited States of America
I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.
Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been received undoubtingly. Until women throw off this reverence for authority they will not develop.
A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself a great acquisition.
The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.
Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.
The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!
I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.
The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.
But why look back at all? Why turn your eyes to your shadow, when, by looking upward, you see your rainbow in the same direction?
The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
A sphere is made up of not one, but an infinite number of circles; women have diverse gifts, and to say that women's sphere is the family circle is a mathematical absurdity.
Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe.
A young sailor boy came to see me today. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation.
Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.