Georgiann Baldino@obtener@mastodon.world
"Maria Mitchell (1818–89) was already famous when she began teaching at Vassar College in1865. She was America’s first female astronomer—indeed, its first woman scientist of note. Matthew Vassar, the founder of the college, was so pleased by her recruitment that he personally took charge of buying the Henry Fitz telescope that would have pride of place at the college observatory."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2025/08/08/maria-mitchell-americas-first-woman-astronomer-and-mentor-to-women-in-science/?lctg=93133550