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    Formidable: Women in Science

    • Date: March 8, 2009
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the first in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month. Formidable (adj). Having qualities that discourage attack; tending to inspire awe or wonder. What a word!

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  3. A Tasty Bite to Whet the Appetite

    • Date: March 14, 2013
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: British botanist Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901-1957), born in Leigh, Lancashire, is best known for her research on the edible seaweed Porphyra laciniata (nori) which is used in sushi.

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  5. Color scan of a 19th snetury filed notebook opened, showing handwritten notes and a black insect specimen laying on top of the pages.j

    A Taste For Adventure

    • Date: May 3, 2018
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: A couple of months ago, Tony Cohn, host of Smithsonian’s Sidedoor podcast, contacted the Archives about an upcoming episode they were preparing. Sidedoor highlights the unseen or little-known stories about collections at the Smithsonian. The Archives’ work was recently front-and-center of an episode of The Sidedoor Podcast about America’s first food spy.

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