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  1. Alice Paul Memorial March in Washington, D.C.

    Alice Paul Memorial March

    • Date: March 26, 2018
    • Creator: Marguerite Roby
    • Description: Alice Paul Memorial March in Washington, D.C.

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  3. Smith sits at a desk in front of a pile of papers and an older-looking computer.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Barbara J. Smith

    • Date: May 12, 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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    Link Love: 12/26/2014

    • Date: December 26, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A find for early animation - Archivists at Norway's National Library discovered a missing animation film, Empty Socks, about Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a Disney precursor to Mickey Mouse. [via The National Library of Norway]A fascinating look at the workshop of Kenji Yamaguchi, a National Geographic employee who builds camera contraptions for their photographers. [via Proof,

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  7. A woman looks away from the camera and leans on a tree trunk.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira

    • Date: July 31, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Forest Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2012–present, leads the ForestGEO Ecosystems and Climate Program. In 2019, she won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. #Groundbreaker

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  9. Hall holds up the Guard of the Month certificate.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Elease Hall

    • Date: February 10, 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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  11. Dr. Jun Wen, botanist, evolutionary biologist and research curator, National Museum of Natural History, is an expert on the systematics and biogeography of the ginseng family (Araliaceae) and the grape family (Vitaceae). #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Jun Wen

    • Date: November 11, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Jun Wen, botanist, evolutionary biologist and research curator, National Museum of Natural History, is an expert on the systematics and biogeography of the ginseng family (Araliaceae) and the grape family (Vitaceae). #Groundbreaker

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  13. Biologist and ichthyologist Ida May Mellen (1877-1970) was an expert on fish diseases and worked at the New York Aquarium, 1916-1929. She wrote numerous books and articles about marine biology.

    Women In Science Wednesday: Ida May Mellen

    • Date: November 5, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting group groundbreaking women in science.

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    Avatar. A Photographic Game-Changer?

    • Date: January 20, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: A few days ago, I went to an IMAX 3D showing of Avatar to see for myself if the movie is a “game-changer,” as many have suggested. And, it is, but in a way no one seems to be focusing on—the way it acknowledges and exploits photography’s power to shape both everyday and alternate realities. What struck me, as soon as the movie started, was how sophisticated the film’s

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    Save the Date: Archives Month Facebook Live!

    • Date: October 20, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: On October 27, 2016,12 p.m. EST, we will host a Facebook Live with our archives conservator, Nora Lockshin, and digitization specialist, Kira Sobers. They will give you a peek at the process of taking a historic diary from conservation, to digitization, to transcription by our volunteers on the Transcription Center! We'll keep which diary a secret until the day of, but it just

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  19. 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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  21. Ichthyologist Dr. Lynne Parenti (right) is recognized for her contributions to historical biogeography (distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space & geological time) and was the 1st female elected President of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Lynne Parenti

    • Date: May 6, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ichthyologist Dr. Lynne Parenti (right) is recognized for her contributions to historical biogeography (distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space & geological time) and was the 1st female elected President of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. #Groundbreaker

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    Coping With Stuff, Down Here and Up There

    • Date: September 16, 2010
    • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
    • Description: We’ve all got storage issues to confront. And when we do, some people take great pleasure in getting things organized and others get headaches. A small percentage descend into madness, while an equally small group see and then seize the business opportunities that are generated by the need to keep life, things, and information under control. Over the past few weeks, the

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