In honor of Women’s History Month, here are the stories of a few of the Smithsonian’s unsung female employees through the centuries.

Archaeologist & curator emerita, Dr. Dolores Piperno, Smithsonian Tropical Research Center, greatly expanded the knowledge of pre-Columbian cultures and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005. #Groundbreaker

Leila Gay Forbes Clark, Director of Smithsonian Libraries from 1942 to 1957, was the second woman to direct the library at the Smithsonian.

Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. & American history.

Curiosity connects two 19^th-century women artists – and a 21^st-century researcher to Smithsonian staff.

Curator of painting & sculpture, Dr. Dorothy Moss, Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, directs the triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, and curates the museum’s first-ever performance art series, IDENTIFY. #Groundbreaker

For medical journalists like Science Service’s Jane Stafford, communicating about cancer has held special challenges.