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      What’s in a Name? The Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: June 16, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: On June 16, 2006, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum changed its name for the third time, signaling a renewed focus on local Black history and beyond.

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    3. Dawson stands to the right of two White people. Her hair is braided and she is wearing a hat. There appears to be an exhibit in the background. People are seated on a bench in the background.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Lucille Dawson

      • Date: November 24, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    5. In May 1956, Faye Marley, editor of Independent Woman, asked Jane Stafford to contribute an article about women scientists. Record Unit 7091 - Science Service, Records, circa 1910-1973, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Playing Against Type: Women, Science, and Stereotypes

      • Date: April 8, 2014
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Even enlightened publications and workplaces can succumb to the fallback position of choosing stereotyped images of female scientists.

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    7. Everything I Own

      • Date: February 6, 2020
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Some refer to the Smithsonian as "America's Attic." It probably earned this nickname because throughout its history, the Smithsonian has acquired artifacts, relics, paintings, personal collections, and even hair samples related to the Commander in Chief (yes, the National Museum of American History has a collection of presidential hairs!).With Presidents' Day coming up on

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    9. Collection of black and white negative contact sheet of images from the celebration of the Hillwood donation.

      Toasting to the Museum that Never Was

      • Date: January 14, 2021
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: A brief look at the Smithsonian’s almost acquisition of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood Estate

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    11. They say it's your birthday...We're gonna have a good time!

      • Date: August 9, 2018
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Tomorrow is the Smithsonian’s 172nd birthday! So, let’s celebrate with cake through the ages.[view:sia_slideshow==84135]Related ResourcesJames Smithson: Founder of the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution Archives17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!), The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesLooking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth, The

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    13. Side by side comparison of Infobox on Wikipedia for Mary Agnes Chase (left) and Google Search results showing same data (right).

      Improve #WomenInSTEM Representation with Wikidata!

      • Date: July 18, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: We're ready to take our women in science to the next level! I hope botanist Mary Agnes Chase would be proud.This journey started with our history of science and the media research fellow, Marcel LaFollette, who created basic records for female scientists she uncovered in the Archives' Science Service collection, including many who worked at the Smithsonian. We then created a

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    15. Me and You and a Dog Named.....

      • Date: August 28, 2018
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been man’s best friend. In honor of National Dog Day, let’s take a look at the pooches that pop up in the Archives' collections. In addition, I’ll debut my best little furry friend with her first Smithsonian appearance. [view:sia_slideshow==84513]Related CollectionsNational Zoological

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    17. Black and white photo of Marjorie B. Illig, presenting a book to Jule Henry as Eleanor Roosevelt looks on.

      Science Service, Up Close: Journalists, Cancer Research, and Public Education

      • Date: March 6, 2018
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Cancer, James T. Patterson observed in The Dread Disease, serves as a powerful metaphor in American culture, where the malady mirrors the “manifestation of social, economic, and ideological divisions” in modern life. In the decades since publication of Patterson’s book, medical research has made great strides in methods of detection and treatment. But the challenge for science

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    19. Now Open to the Public (in 1922) - Museum of the American Indian

      • Date: November 13, 2012
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: On November 14, 1922 George Gustav Heye's Museum of the American Indian opened to the public in New York City.

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    21. NPPTL’s promotional graphic of a nurse wearing a respirator next to the words N95 Day 2018.

      Preserve Us From Particulates: Celebrating N95 Day

      • Date: September 4, 2018
      • Creator: Nora Lockshin
      • Description: N95 Day is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to promote the safe and proper use of N95 face respirators.

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    23. Image is of Karla Billups in front of the National Museum of Natural History.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Karla E. Billups

      • Date: February 23, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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