Against All Odds: Pioneering Women at the Smithsonian, 1846-1930

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Summary

Career opportunities in science for women were rare in the early years of the Smithsonian Institution; however, pioneers such as Mary Jane Rathbun, Mary Agnes Chase, and Doris Mable Cochran carved out career niches at the Smithsonian despite all obstacles and often with the aid of mentors.

Subject

  • Chase, Agnes 1869-1963
  • Cochran, Doris Mable
  • Rathbun, Mary Jane 1860-1943
  • Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • United States National Museum

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

Copies may be obtained from the Institutional History Division in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Lecture to Smithsonian Associates, 1993 (Manuscript)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic

  • Natural history museums
  • Women
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • SI, Early History
  • Anthropolgy
  • Museums
  • History
  • Anthropological museums and collections
  • Women--History

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