The Daughter that Put Us All to Shame

Galileo Galilei's daughter Maria Celeste was probably the only reason he lived as long as he did. Galileo decided that neither one of his daughters were to get married so he sent them to convents. Form the convent, Virginia, who took the name of Maria, took care of her father as best she could. In addition to sending him care packages and doing his laundry, she made the medicine that kept him alive. She was the perfect Italian daughter. Not only did she help Galileo in the domestic areas of life, but she had an intense interest in everything he did and so it isn't surprising to know that she was his editor when he began to write his book. She picked up on all the astronomy that he had discovered and she told him what sounded good and what he should eliminate. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, when Galileo had to go through a trial for his book The Dialogue Mari told him to lie and live. She told him to swallow his pride and not act like he knew everything because she knew that they would kill him if he did. Therefore, because of her Galileo lived longer and was able to make even more discoveries when he went deeper into his studies of physics and motion. Maris Celeste made things possible by just loving and caring for her daddy.