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    1. A group portrait of the members of the 1975 Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council.

      Women Carrying out the Work of Change in the 1970s

      • Date: January 5, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: Wonder Woman 1984 features fictional Smithsonian women in science trying to change the world. Let’s examine how real-life women pushed for change at the Smithsonian in the 1970s and created new opportunities for women at work.

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      The Inhabitants of "Defense Mansion"

      • Date: July 14, 2011
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: This post is the second in a series this month that honors the anniversary of the famous Scopes Trial, held in Tennessee from July 10–21, 1925, and highlights a set of rare and newly digitized photographs, from the Smithsonian Institution Archives, of witnesses at the trial collections, which have been added to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons. In tone, composition, and setting,

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      Scientists Arrive in Dayton...and Find a Mansion

      • Date: July 11, 2011
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    7. A duplicate of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, on display at the Smithsonian in 1972

      So Where Do You Park Your Lunar Lander?

      • Date: July 16, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: If you took a trip to the moon, where would you park your lunar lander?

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    9. Geologist Sharon Purdy, Center for Earth and Planetary Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, investigates the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Sharon Purdy

      • Date: September 30, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Geologist Sharon Purdy, Center for Earch and Planetary Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, investigates the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. #Groundbreaker

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    11. Smithsonian geologist and Yale University graduate, Josephine Cooper

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Josephine Cooper

      • Date: August 17, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Wonderful Women Wednesday! Smithsonian geologist and Yale University graduate, Josephine Cooper, learned Russian to translate geological articles she could obtain from behind the Iron Curtain. #Groundbreaker

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    13. Dr. Cara Santelli, research geologist at the Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, studies the impact of microbial activity on mineral formation, rock-weathering processes, and remediation of contaminated environments. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Cara Santelli

      • Date: July 15, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Cara Santelli, research geologist at the Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, studies the impact of microbial activity on mineral formation, rock-weathering processes, and remediation of contaminated environments. #Groundbreaker

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    15. Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell, Geologist and Director of the Global Volcanism Program at the National Museum of Natural History, researches volcanoes to improve our understanding of how the plate-tectonic cycle, or continental drift, is oxidizing and hydrating the deep Earth. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell

      • Date: April 29, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell, Geologist and Director of the Global Volcanism Program at the National Museum of Natural History, researches volcanoes to improve our understanding of how the plate-tectonic cycle, or continental drift, is oxidizing and hydrating the deep Earth. #Groundbreaker

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      Sinclair and Son

      • Date: January 13, 2011
      • Creator: Mary Markey
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    19. Unidentified man and Marion Schmidt Escallon

      Celebrate Our Fifth Annual Women's History Month!

      • Date: March 5, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: We're launching new images and blog post to celebrate Women's History Month.

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    21. Retired geologist Dr. Ursula B. Marvin, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, studied lunar samples from the Apollo missions, and meteorites around the world. She has both an asteroid and a mountain ridge in the Antarctic ice named after her. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Ursula B. Marvin

      • Date: September 16, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Retired geologist Dr. Ursula B. Marvin, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, studied lunar samples from the Apollo missions, and meteorites around the world. She has both an asteroid and a mountain ridge in the Antarctic ice named after her. #Groundbreaker

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    23. Black and white couple in formal dress seated on couch and chairs in room with red walls. JFK smoking with attendants in the background.

      Link Love: 3/2/2018

      • Date: March 2, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Librarians at the White House Historical Association have digitized 25,000 previously uncatalogued slides! [via CNN]In case you missed it, the blog, Missing Scientists' Faces, shared 28 days of African American female scientists during Black History Month. [via @MissingSciFaces]Check out some of the Digital Public Library of America's primary source sets for Women's History

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