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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ashley Egan

    • Date: July 25, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Research botanist Dr. Ashley Egan, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, works with the museum's 86,000 legume specimens to understand the processes and patterns that have formed biodiversity throughout the course of evolution. #Groundbreaker

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  3. Mount of ground sloth skeleton in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology lab during preparation for exhibition at the United States National Museum in the Natural History Building, 1946, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-37289.

    Sneak Peek 8/12/2019

    • Date: August 12, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Mount of ground sloth skeleton in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology lab during preparation for exhibition at the United States National Museum in the Natural History Building, 1946, SIA Acc. 11-007, MNH-37289.

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    Help Us ID These Mystery Women and Scientists

    • Date: March 9, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  7. Bethune Gibson, head conservator for the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, set standards for anthropological conservation, and along with her team, conserved nearly 18,000 objects in 12 years. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Bethune Gibson

    • Date: December 9, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Bethune Gibson, head conservator for the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, set standards for anthropological conservation and along with her team, conserved nearly 18,000 objects in 12 years.

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  9. Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website

    • Date: October 4, 2018
    • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
    • Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.

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  11. Dr. Marguerite Toscano, Quaternary Marine Geoscientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, investigates paleobiologic and paleogeologic topics focused on fossil coral reefs and mangrove deposits of the Caribbean region. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Marguerite Toscano

    • Date: June 3, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Marguerite Toscano, Quaternary Marine Geoscientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, investigates paleobiologic and paleogeologic topics focused on fossil coral reefs and mangrove deposits of the Caribbean region. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Audrey B. Davis

    • Date: November 7, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Audrey B. Davis, Curator of Medical Sciences, National Museum of American History, 1967-1993, led the Smithsonian Institution Women's Council and authored Medicine and Its Technology among other works. #Groundbreaker

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  15. Grace Murray Hopper and Jeanne LaDuke attend

    Sneak Peek 3/18/2019

    • Date: March 18, 2019
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Naval Captain and computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper and mathematician Jeanne LaDuke attend "Women Pioneers in Mathematics" meeting at National Museum of American History, SIA Acc. 11-009, 81-11284-06.

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  17. Museum Visitor Views Dinosaur Bone on Exhibit

    Sneak Peek 10/29/2018

    • Date: October 29, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Museum visitor views dinosaur bone, the humerus (upper arm bone) of Brachiosaurus altithorax, on exhibit at Museum of Natural History, September 11, 1959, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-054A.

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  19. A woman in the forefront vacuums a costume. Another woman stands in the background.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Polly Willman

    • Date: May 13, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Polly Willman, Conservator of Costumes, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, 1988–99, supervised staff and treated costume and textile objects for the museum’s major exhibitions, including for the redesign of the First Ladies Hall. #Groundbreaker

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  21. International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia in 1971. Credit via NOAA.

    Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time

    • Date: August 2, 2018
    • Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.

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  23. Stories to Be Told: An Internship at a Glance

    • Date: December 12, 2019
    • Description: A glimpse into a semester-long Institutional History internship at the Archives.

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