Maria Mitchell
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Maria Mitchell was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor. She won a go
Photograph of Maria Mitchell by Julia Ward Howe, 1899
Portrait of Maria Mitchell by Herminia Borchard Dassel, ca. 1851
Maria Mitchell (seated) inside the dome of the Vassar College Observatory, with her student Mary Watson Whitney (standing), circa 1877
Cyrus Peirce
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Cyrus Peirce, American educator and Unitarian minister, was the founding president of the first American public normal school, which evolved into Framingham State University.
The cobblestone Main Street in historic Downtown Nantucket