Maria Mitchell: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Space.com - Maria Mitchell: Astronomer and Feminist. Oct 27, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jul 28, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jun 24, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 27, 2024
Article revised and updated. Feb 06, 2019
Media added. Jan 16, 2019
Add new Web site: Vassar Encyclopedia - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Oct 25, 2017
Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Oct 25, 2017
Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Oct 25, 2017
Replaced photograph. Jul 26, 2017
Added an image of the observatory at her childhood home. Mar 17, 2017
Added cross-references. Mar 17, 2017
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Apr 12, 2014
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Jul 17, 2013
Added new Web site: University of Hamburg - Biography of Maria Mitchel. Nov 02, 2007
Added new Web site: Unitarian Universalist Historical Society - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Nov 02, 2007
Added new Web site: Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Nov 02, 2007
Added new Web site: Women in History - Living Vignettes of Notable Women from U.S. History - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Nov 02, 2007
Added new Web site: National Women's Hall of Fame - Biography of Maria Mitchell. Nov 02, 2007
Article revised. Dec 30, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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