The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell

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As she grew up Maria never stopped looking She longed to see beyond her little island of Nantucket But how Should she follow her brother and sail away on a whaling ship At sea there are no roads no signs no one to show you the way Maria knew that sailors looked to the stars for guidance If you knew how to read them the stars could tell you where you were and where you needed to go Maria decided she would rather look for stars than whales