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  1. Curator Claudia Kidwell

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Claudia Kidwell

    • Date: September 21, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Claudia Kidwell, Smithsonian's National Museum of History and Technology (now American History), started as an intern in 1961, became Curator of Costume after finishing her degree, and Acting Director of the entire museum in 1979!

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  3. Curator emeritus of Political History, Edie Mayo

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Edie Mayo

    • Date: September 7, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator emeritus of Political History, Edie Mayo, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, was a longtime advocate for women’s representation in history - “visibility in the past equals empowerment in the future.” #Groundbreaker

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  5. Retail Associate, Helen Jagodzinske, National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Helen Jagodzinske

    • Date: September 14, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Retail Associate, Helen Jagodzinske, National Museum of American History, was the oldest employee at the Smithsonian when she retired at age 94. Prior to that, she served at the Pentagon as clerk, and in the Women's Army Corp during WWII. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Happy Holiday from the Archives!

    • Date: December 24, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. Cropped black & white portrait of Erminnie Platt Smith and her family.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Erminnie Platt Smith

    • Date: January 25, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Anthropologist Erminnie Platt Smith, Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, was an expert in the Iroquois Nation of New York and Canada and the first woman to specialize in ethnographic field work. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Color photo of former Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Pamela Henson receiving award.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Pamela Henson

    • Date: September 6, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives historian and American University professor, Dr. Pamela Henson, has managed the Smithsonian's oral history program recording important moments in Smithsonian history since 1974, and received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service in 2014. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Carte Geologique De L'Europe.

    Link Love: 6/24/2016

    • Date: June 24, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Stanford David Rumsey Map Collection now has over 69,000 historic maps available online. [via KQED]Incredible color photos of Martin Luther King, some of which are part of our National Museum of African American History and Culture. [via NPR]Great news for geneologists! The Digital Public Library of America & FamilySearch International have signed an agreement that will

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  15. Black & white portrait with woman in glasses, in her office, looking off to side.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Margaret C. Blaker

    • Date: February 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Image from Aberdeen Bestiary

    Link Love: 11/18/2016

    • Date: November 18, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Bonanza! A gorgeous medieval illuminated manuscript from the University of Aberdeen is now online. [via Hyperallergic]Hello, funny face. A Japanese museum of rocks, with faces! [via Colossal]My childhood favorite wooden 'Little People' just entered the Toy Hall of Fame. [via NPR]Want to save your election day newspaper? Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute weighs in.

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  19. Biologist and curator of mammals at the National Museum of Natural History, Viola Shelly Schantz was one of the founding members of the American Society of Mammalogists and one of the premier mammalogists of her day. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Viola Shelly Schantz

    • Date: August 26, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Biologist and curator of mammals at the National Museum of Natural History, Viola Shelly Schantz was one of the founding members of the American Society of Mammalogists and one of the premier mammalogists of her day. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Barbara Coffee, National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Barbara Coffee

    • Date: November 16, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Barbara Coffee, National Museum of American History's first museum-wide collections manager, was founding president of The Association of Museum Specialists, Technicians, and Aides which 'promote(d) high professional standards' of collections management, many of which are used today. #Groundbreaker

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  23. Dr. Patricia Gossel, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Patricia Gossel

    • Date: November 30, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Patricia Gossel, chairman of the Science, Medicine and Society Division, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, established the history of biology collection at the museum, studied the history of the contraceptive pill, and published more than two dozen scholarly articles before her death. #Groundbreaker

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