Yet another important female pioneer I've never heard of! The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything is the story of Maria Mitchell, a young girl from Massachusetts who discovered a comet in the late 1800s when the King of Denmark offered a prize to anyone who could find one. Maria grew up in a Quaker home with a librarian mother who loved books and an astronomer and mathematician father, who were adamant that Maria have a great education (especially since she had an affinity for math and astronomy herself). After she discovered the comet, she became a professor of astronomy at a university and became the first woman inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Science.

This is a great informative book to teach kids about a great female in STEM. The illustrations are really nice too! This book made me do further research on her and the Quaker religion.

Thank you to netgalley for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.