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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Catherine "Kitty" Scott

    • Date: July 3, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Catherine “Kitty” Scott, Chief Librarian and Director, National Air and Space Museum Library, 1972–94, began organizing, planning, and maintaining the new library well before the museum had opened. For her efforts, Scott earned the Superior Service Award In 1976. #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. Katherine Ralls

    • Date: May 29, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Katherine Ralls, Senior Research Zoologist Emerita, Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, was one of the first scientists hired at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and is a founder of the Society for Conservation Biology. She has conducted research in mammalogy and conservation biology at the Smithsonian since 1973. #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. Melanie McField

    • Date: March 18, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Melanie McField is the founding director of the Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative, a collaborative, international conservation program of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, focused on improving the health of the Mesoamerian Reef, since 2006. She leads a team that aims to create reports that measure the health of the region. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Melissa Chiu

    • Date: September 11, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Melissa Chiu, Director, Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2014–present, oversees a staff of 50 and a collection of 12,000 objects. Within the first year of her tenure, Chiu doubled the number of museum board members, and, in 2017, the Hirshhorn Museum met a milestone of one million visitors. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Valerie Fletcher stands and talks with two other people in a gallery space in front of a sculpture and paintings.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Valerie Fletcher

    • Date: March 11, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Valerie Fletcher joined the research staff at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1978 and was promoted to a curatorial role in 1984. Fletcher worked as an Assistant and Associate Curator, 1984–92, Curator of Sculpture, 1992–2005, and Senior Curator, 2005–16. In retirement, Fletcher continues her research at the Museum as Senior Curator Emerita. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Elaine R.S. Hodges

    • Date: March 13, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Elaine R.S. Hodges, scientific illustrator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1965–1996, made drawings of insects and other organisms that were frequently used by Smithsonian scientists. She was a founder of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and edited the Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration (1989). #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: Mary Grace Potter

    • Date: June 19, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Mary Grace Potter, founding director of the Visitor Information and Associates’ Reception Center, 1971–2000, established and led the unit responsible for providing information to Smithsonian members and the public by mail, telephone, and in person. In 1978, Potter won the first annual Robert A. Brooks Award for Excellence in Administration. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Shireen L. Dodson

    • Date: February 13, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Shireen L. Dodson worked as Comptroller for the Smithsonian Institution (1986–1992), Associate Director for Administration and Planning at the National African-American Museum Project (1992–1995), and Associate Director for Administration at the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture (1995–2000). #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Alcione M. Amos

    • Date: December 19, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Alcione M. Amos, Curator at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum since 2009, researches the history of post-slavery societies and Afro-Brazilians from West Africa in the nineteenth century. She curated major exhibitions at the museum, such as Word, Shout, Song (2010–2011) and How the Civil War Changed Washington (2015). #Groundbreaker

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