Description: Botanist and Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Herbarium, Dr. Mireya Correa, received the Jose Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany offered by the Department of Botany and the United States National Herbarium, and Emeritus Scientist of the Year offered by Asociacion para el avance de la Ciencia. #Groundbreaker
Description: Historian Lillian B. Miller was the 1st woman in her family to go to college, became a professor at age 23, was turned down for a job in the 50s since she was pregnant, and due to her seminal work on Charles Wilson Peale, landed a job with our National Portrait Gallery in the 70s. #Groundbreaker