Call for Recommendations: Prominent American Women and the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020
Thank you for your recommendation. If you have questions, please contact the National Women's History Museum here: https://www.womenshistory.org/about-us/contac
Name of the woman you are recommending for consideration: Maria Mitchell
The woman's year of birth, if known: 1818
The woman's year of death: 1889
Please list the field(s) most commonly associated with the woman you are recommending (sports, science, politics, etc.): science, astronomy, education
Briefly state why the woman you're recommending should be considered for inclusion in this project.
Maria Mitchell was the first American women to be internationally recognized as an astronomer. On the night of 1 October 1847, she was the first person to identify a new comet by using a telescope. Mostly self-educated, she later was appointed the first professor of astronomy at Vassar College. She took her students to expeditions to Iowa (1869) and Colorado (1878) to observe and record solar eclipses. Twenty-five of her students were listed in "Who's Who in America."
Optional: Please provide a link to any supporting material about the woman you are recommending (bio, news article, etc.).
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers by Thomas A Hockey; Virginia Trimble; Katherine Bracher; New York : Springer, ©2007.
"America’s First Woman Astronomer: Maria Mitchell (1818-1889)" by Jascin N. Leonardo Finger, This Month in Astronomical History (18 September 2020), The American Astronomical Society. https://aas.org/posts/news/2020/09/month-astronomical-history-august-2020.
Hoffleit, Dorrit. 1983. "Maria Mitchell's Famous Students - In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Maria Mitchell Observatory." Cambridge, Massachusetts: American Association of Variable Star Observers.
And, of course, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Mitchell
Optional: Your Name - Michael E. Marotta
Optional: Your email address (used if we need further information and/or to provide updates about the project from the National Women's History Museum). - mike49mercury@gmail.com
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