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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Betty Meggers

    • Date: January 11, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Betty Meggers, Director of the Latin American Archaeology Program, National Museum of Natural History, and her husband, Clifford Evans, were the first archaeologists to study ancient Amazonians and they revolutionized thinking about early human activity in the Amazon rainforest. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Catherine Eagleton

    • Date: March 15, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp

    • Date: February 14, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp, Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, oversees the museum's social and cultural dimensions of spaceflight collection, and wrote a book about early women in space programs which won the 2004 Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Melinda Zeder

    • Date: July 18, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Rhea Combs

    • Date: November 29, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: As head of the Center for African American Media Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture, curator Dr. Rhea Combs leads effort to collect, preserve, and make accessible an extensive collection of films, photographs, and recordings documenting African American history. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Cari Corrigan

    • Date: February 15, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Watch Dr. Corrigan give a tour of the meteorite collections. Geologist & Curator of Antarctic Meteorites, Dr. Cari Corrigan, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, studies meteorites from the Moon, Mars and asteroids to understand how the Solar System formed and how the impact cratering process affects these planetary materials. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dorothy T. Van Arsdale

    • Date: December 4, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dorothy T. Van Arsdale, Chief, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1964–70, managed logistics for traveling exhibitions around the world. A major part of her role was negotiating with host countries about shipping, transportation, conservation, and more. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira

    • Date: July 31, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Forest Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2012–present, leads the ForestGEO Ecosystems and Climate Program. In 2019, she won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet

    • Date: June 26, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet joined the Smithsonian in 1966 as a special advisor in tropical botany at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. When the program ended in 1968, she was transferred to the Department of Botany, where she remained, eventually serving as a curator in the division, until her death in 1986. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Leila Gay Forbes Clark

    • Date: April 10, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Leila Gay Forbes Clark, director of Smithsonian’s library, 1942–1957, was the second woman to direct the library at the Smithsonian. She led early efforts to create a more centralized library system. In 1952, she coauthored The Butterflies of Virginia with her husband, zoologist Austin Hobart Clark. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Anthea M. Hartig

    • Date: May 15, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Anthea M. Hartig, Elizabeth MacMillan Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, became the first woman to ever lead the museum in 2019. She oversees more than 250 employees, a budget of $40 million, and 1.8 million objects. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison

    • Date: March 6, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Research Scientist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center since 2014, works with large marine vertebrates, including pinnipeds and seabirds. She is the Program Manager of the Migratory Connectivity Project, which aims to use technologies to track bird species throughout their annual cycle. #Groundbreaker

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