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  1. Pioneering aeronautical engineer Laurel van der Wal (d. 2009) (later Laurel van der Wal Roennau) won the Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award in 1961 when she was head of bioastronautics at Space Technology Laboratories. The Los Angeles Times named her 1961 Woman Scientist of the Year.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Laurel van der Wal

    • Date: August 27, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  3. May Gorslin Preston Slosson (1858-1943) was a noted suffragist and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy in United States (Cornell University, 1880). Her graduate thesis was titled

    Women in Science Wednesday: May Gorslin Preston Slosson

    • Date: February 26, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  5. Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (b. 1909) was an astronomer at Harvard College Observatory where she discovered three new ring nebulae in the Milky Way in 1936.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert

    • Date: August 6, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  7. Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire (1893-1950) was a plant pathologist known for her work on sugar cane diseases.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire

    • Date: August 13, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. Paleontologist Dr. Johanna

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger

    • Date: November 18, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Paleontologist Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger was the founder of the field of paleoneurology, the study of brain evolution, and discovered that mammalian brains left imprints on fossil skulls, allowing paleoneurologists to discern their anatomy. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Awarded the Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek

    • Date: March 18, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Awarded the Marie Curie Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science - Presentation by Sidney R. Galler

    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science - Presentation by Sidney R. Galler

    • Date: 1970 March 6, 1970
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division

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  15. Portrait of Sidney R. Galler, Assistant Secretary for Science

    Portrait of Sidney R. Galler, Assistant Secretary for Science

    • Date: 1965
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division

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  17. Blog Post

    Women in Science Wednesday: Wikipedia Edition, Part 3!

    • Date: March 23, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey now has a Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers. Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey now has Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers.

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  19. Document

    Making Biology Tropical: American Science in the Caribbean, 18981963

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    • "Science: Man's Greatest Adventure" Exhibit, Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

      "Science: Man's Greatest Adventure" Exhibit, Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

      • Date: 1972 December 28, 1972
      • Creator: Blume, David

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    • Eighth Pacific Science and Fourth Far-Eastern Prehistory Congresses

      Eighth Pacific Science and Fourth Far-Eastern Prehistory Congresses

      • Date: 1953 November 24, 1953

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