Linda Gasparello

1 month ago | hammondstar.com | Linda Gasparello

On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above Nantucket, Massachusetts, with a telescope, became America’s first scientist to discover a comet. Mitchell was awarded a gold medal from King Frederick VI of Denmark for discovering the comet, which would be named “Miss Mitchell’s Comet,” and in 1848, she was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1 month ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Linda Gasparello

On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above Nantucket, Mass., with a telescope, became America’s first scientist to discover a comet. Mitchell was awarded a gold medal from King Frederick VI of Denmark for discovering the comet, which would be named “Miss Mitchell’s Comet,” and in 1848, she was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1 month ago | oaoa.com | Linda Gasparello

By Linda GasparelloInsideSources.comOn Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above Nantucket, Mass., with a telescope, became America’s first scientist to discover a comet. Mitchell was awarded a gold medal from King Frederick VI of Denmark for discovering the comet, which would be named “Miss Mitchell’s Comet,” and in 1848, she was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1 month ago | fredericknewspost.com | Linda Gasparello

On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above Nantucket, Mass., with a telescope, became America’s first scientist to discover a comet. Mitchell was awarded a gold medal from King Frederick VI of Denmark for discovering the comet, which would be named “Miss Mitchell’s Comet,” and in 1848, she was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. kAm|F49 =2E6C :?

1 month ago | dcjournal.com | Linda Gasparello

On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above Nantucket, Mass., with a telescope, became America’s first scientist to discover a comet. Mitchell was awarded a gold medal from King Frederick VI of Denmark for discovering the comet, which would be named “Miss Mitchell’s Comet,” and in 1848, she was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.