Maria Mitchell's Birthday Celebration
Maria Mitchell was the first Mitchell child born at 1 Vestal St., the first librarian at the Nantucket Atheneum, the first woman to receive a gold medal from the King of Denmark for discovering a comet, one of the first women to work for the U.S. government, and the first woman to gain access to the Vatican's Observatory. To celebrate her life and legacy, the Maria Mitchell Association invites the public to an afternoon full of free activities and refreshments.