Results for "Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative"

 
Showing results 481 - 492 of 3836 for Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
  1. Jane Stafford (1899-1991) joined Science Service as medical editor and writer in 1927, where she covered some of the most important discoveries and people in medical research.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Jane Stafford

    • Date: February 5, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

  2.  
  3. From 1916 to 1957, Harvard College astronomer Margaret Harwood (1885-1979)

    Women in Science Wednesday: Margaret Harwood

    • Date: September 11, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

  4.  
  5. Frances Densmore

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Densmore

    • Date: October 19, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

  6.  
  7. Color photo of Zycherman working in conservation lab.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Lynda Zycherman

    • Date: September 13, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

  8.  
  9. Portrait of smiling woman next to spacesuit.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Amanda Young

    • Date: September 20, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Spacesuit Curator, Amanda Young, started at the National Air and Space Museum as a secretary and moved her way up to being in charge of conserving the museum's more than 200 spacesuits. #Groundbreaker

  10.  
  11. Woman looking down smiling holding up decoratively patterned paper.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah Stokes

    • Date: January 3, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

  12.  
  13. Photograph of a woman smiling broadly.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Betty Strickler

    • Date: April 22, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz

  14.  
  15. Color photograph of woman working on film equipment.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Pam Wintle

    • Date: March 29, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: One of the 1st female moving image archivists in the U.S., Pam Wintle, founded the Human Studies Film Archives (now the National Anthropological Film Collection) in 1981 which contains over 5,000 hours of moving images spanning most of the 20th century. #Groundbreaker

  16.  
  17. Color photograph of scientist sitting near seismic equipment.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell

    • Date: March 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Congratulations to Elizabeth Cottrell for receiving the Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award to examine, "The Continental Nursery at Buldir Volcano, Western Aleutian Arc, Alaska, USA." Congratulations to Elizabeth Cottrell for receiving the Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award to examine, "The Continental Nursery at Buldir Volcano, Western Aleutian Arc, Alaska, USA."

  18.  
  19. Dr. Mary E. Rice was the first Director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. As a scientist, she was at the forefront of the new field

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mary E. Rice

    • Date: March 25, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Mary E. Rice was the first Director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. As a scientist, she was at the forefront of the new field "evo-devo," evolutionary developmental biology. #Groundbreaker

  20.  
  21. Blog Post

    Women in Science Wednesday: Wikipedia Edition, Part 4!

    • Date: March 30, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Mary Agnes Chase now has a Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers. Mary Agnes Chase now has a Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers.

  22.  
  23. Mr. Ikawa, Japanese astronomer

    Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

    • Date: May 1, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents some images from their collections.

  24.  
Showing results 481 - 492 of 3836 for Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative

Pages