Reading comprehension

Objective Concepts (comet, Quaker, telescope, astronomy, knowledge,  homophones-metal/medal, prefix "dis”- disagreed, "ly”-truly, contribution of  women in science); Sight words (served, trace, realized, demanded, disagreed,  refused, quote, truly) 

Vocabulary 

  

served 

disagreed 

trace 

refused

realized 

quote

demanded 

truly



Miss Mitchell’s Comet 

By: Sue Peterson 

Maria Mitchell was born in 1818 in Massachusetts. She was  raised as a Quaker. The Quaker religion values education  equally for boys and girls. So although many other young  girls could not attend school at this time, the Quaker families  sent their daughters to school.  

In fact, Maria’s father was her first principal. When Maria  was 11, her father built his own school and she was a  student in this school. Maria also served as a teaching  assistant. A teaching assistant is someone who is a  teacher’s helper.  

Because Maria showed an early interest in the stars,  Mr. Mitchell taught Maria about the telescope and astronomy.  Astronomy is the study of the universe beyond the earth  which includes stars, planets, comets, and galaxies.  

© Sue Peterson 2012 

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Maria later opened her own school and then was offered a  job as a librarian. During this time she continued to study  astronomy.  

In 1847, Maria discovered a comet by using her own  telescope. The King of Denmark had offered gold medal  prizes to anyone who discovered a comet with a telescope.  She won one of these prizes for her comet discovery and  this made her name very well-known throughout the world.  She became the first professional female astronomer in the  United States.  

Maria was the first woman elected to the American Academy  of Arts and Sciences and also to the American Association  for the Advancement of Science. Later in her career, she  worked for the U.S. Nautical Almanac Office to trace how the  planet Venus yearly orbited.  

Maria became professor of  

astronomy at Vassar College  

in 1865 and was named  

Director of the observatory  

there. Maria soon realized  

that she was paid much less  as a woman professor. She  demanded that the college  

pay her just as much as the  men professors. Guess what?  After asking for more money,  she eventually received the  same pay as the men  

professors.  

© Sue Peterson 2012 

Early years of Vassar College Vassar College today 

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Maria believed in equality and disagreed with slavery so she  refused to wear any clothing made from cotton since the  slaves worked in the cotton fields in the South.  

She helped start the American Association for the  Advancement of Women and served as its president for  three years. She was also one of the first women to be  elected to the American Philosophical Society.  

Maria died in 1889 at the age of 70. The Maria Mitchell  Observatory in Nantucket, Massachusetts, is named in her  honor. She was given many honors after her death. She is  listed in the National Women’s Hall of Fame, and both a  World War II liberty ship, and the crater "Mitchell” on the  Moon are named after her.  

Maria Mitchell is well-known for her quote, "We have a  hunger of the mind. We ask for all of the knowledge around  us and the more we get, the more we desire.” She truly  loved learning and she truly was a great astronomer.  

The crater "Mitchell” A WWII liberty ship named in Miss Mitchell’s honor 

© Sue Peterson 2012 



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