Take a listen to clips from an episode of The World Is Yours.

Polly Willman, Conservator of Costumes, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, 1988–99, supervised staff and treated costume and textile objects for the museum’s major exhibitions, including for the redesign of the First Ladies Hall. #Groundbreaker 

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Correspondence between Science Service reporter Frank Thone and Pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist Jay Norwood (“Ding”) Darling highlight the evolving wildlife conservation efforts of the 1920s-1940s.

Dorothy Briggs, Art Restoration Specialist, National Museum of American History, 1959–82, restored historic clock dials, period pieces of ceramic art, and paintings. Briggs was also considered a talented ceramist. #Groundbreaker

One of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian, Margaret Moodey, helped identify and catalogue major collections in the Department of Geology, and as one enigmatically-named photograph suggests, she was “in charge.”

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Now is the time to explore how can we attach sustainability goals to the annual AIC, ALA and SAA Preservation Week/Month events and their MayDay calls to action.

Estelle Beck, Head Switchboard Operator, 1960–77,  led a small team of women who were responsible for fielding hundreds of daily calls to the Smithsonian. Beck also operated telephones at the Smithsonian for three years prior to World War II. #Groundbreaker

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