NARRATOR:
Anna, Rose, and Margaret
Completely covered in dirt
After one of those days
Where everything hurt
Raise a glass
To toast the past

ANNA:
To Maria Cunitz

ROSE:
Ugh, I love her

MARGARET:
To Maria

ANNA:
It’s such a relief to drink with people who
Actually know who she is

ROSE:
Who doesn’t know her? She’s one of the most
Influential astronomers of the past three centuries

ANNA:
You’d be surprised
MARGARET:
Her book Urania Propitia made me feel like
Astronomy was for everybody

ANNA:
Me too. (sighs)
Urania, the musе of astronomy
Propitia, she has favored you
Urania Propitia, Maria
Sciencе not just for the favored few

ROSE:
Maria Cunitz
Born sixteen-hundred-ten
There was no scientific field she couldn’t master

MARGARET:
Maria Cunitz
She studied all the greats
Saw what they did, and said “I can do it faster”

ANNA:
There were astronomical tables
To track planets in the sky

MARGARET:
But Maria found an equation
That made all things simplified
ROSE:
A mathematical wonder
Undervalued at the time

ANNA, MARGARET, ROSE:
So she published a book
With her own dime
Urania, the muse of astronomy
Propitia, she has favored you
Urania Propitia, Maria
Science not just for the favored few

MARGARET:
Maria Cunitz
Celestial navigator
Saw a problem and said “I’ll fix it myself”

ANNA:
But her achievements
Are hardly celebrated
They’re left collecting dust upon the shelf

ROSE:
They say that history
Will look back on her kindly
To future generations, she will bow
ANNA, MARGARET, ROSE:
But what of here
What of now

MARGARET:
To the women of the galaxy
Who never got the fame

ROSE:
You’ve given me the courage not to write
Under my brothers name

ANNA:
You’ve given me the blueprint
And you’ve given me the tools

ANNA, MARGARET, ROSE:
History is rarely made
By those who write the rules
Oh Urania, the muse of astronomy
Propitia, she has favored you
Urania Propitia, Maria
Your legacy lives on in all we do
Urania, the muse of astronomy
Propitia, she has favored you
Urania Propitia, Maria
Science not just for the favored few
Tonight I drink to you
To you