Results for "Smithsonian Institution Women's Council"

     
    Showing results 13 - 24 of 917 for Smithsonian Institution Women's Council
    1. A woman poses while sitting on a bicycle.

      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

    2.  
    3. Blog Post

      Formidable: Women in Science

      • Date: March 8, 2009
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the first in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month. Formidable (adj). Having qualities that discourage attack; tending to inspire awe or wonder. What a word!

    4.  
    5. Blog Post

      Celebrating Women’s History Month with #HerNaturalHistory

      • Date: March 7, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: This month, we invite you to follow along as we participate in the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s Her Natural History campaign to highlight women natural scientists in our collections. And don’t forget to head to the Smithsonian Transcription Center to help us transcribe notes from women working in the field.

    6.  
    7. Blog Post

      Celebrating Women’s History Month with #HerNaturalHistory

      • Date: March 7, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: This month, we invite you to follow along as we participate in the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s Her Natural History campaign to highlight women natural scientists in our collections. And don’t forget to head to the Smithsonian Transcription Center to help us transcribe notes from women working in the field.

    8.  
    9. Black and white photograph of Massey.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary E. Massey

      • Date: March 10, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: From 1967 to 1991, Mary E. Massey broke barriers for women at the Smithsonian by demonstrating her skills in spaces typically reserved only for men. Though Massey arrived at the Smithsonian as an elevator operator, by her retirement, she was the building manager for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. In a column reserved for the Smithsonian

    10.  
    11. Blog Post

      Women's History Month on the Flickr Commons: A Final Batch

      • Date: March 23, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: We've just added a final batch of photographs to our "Science Service" set on the Flickr Commons in honor of Women's History Month, and there are some interesting new ladies there. You might assume that since the images are from Science Service, they would only feature scientists. However, Science Service, a news service designed to popularize science and to disseminate

    12.  
    13. Blog Post

      A Hungerford Property History of Women’s Rights

      • Date: March 25, 2021
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: We’ve learned so much about the specific women of James Smithson’s family though the Hungerford Deed—but what can it tell us about women’s rights in the eighteenth century?

    14.  
    15. Blog Post

      Doris Holmes Blake and the Fight for Women’s Right to Paid Employment

      • Date: May 3, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: How the marital status provision of the 1932 Economy Act impacted one Smithsonian scientist.

    16.  
    17. Someone holds up the program for the symposium. The ceiling at the Kogod Courtyard is visible in the background.

      Recapping "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study"

      • Date: December 24, 2019
      • Creator: Hannah Byrne
      • Description: Last week, on December 17 and 18, folks from across the Smithsonian and the public gathered to listen, learn, and discuss at "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study," a two-day symposium, organized by the American Women’s History Initiative. Presenters celebrated women working at the Smithsonian and explored how they represent the broader experience for

    18.  
    19. Black and white photograph of a woman holding a phone to her ear at a desk.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: LaVerne M. Love

      • Date: February 6, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: LaVerne M. Love, Women's Program Manager with the Office of Equal Opportunity, 1973–1980, was the executive officer of the Smithsonian Women's Council and wrote the organization's first bylaws. In 1976–77, she chaired the Civil Service Commission task force on minority women. At the time, she was the highest ranking African American woman at the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker

    20.  
    21. Alexander works in a storage area for ceramics.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila Machlis Alexander

      • Date: May 5, 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.

    22.  
    23. A group of eight women stand in a line and pose for a photograph in front of a tall doorway.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Lillian Kozloski

      • Date: August 24, 2022
      • 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.

    24.  
    Showing results 13 - 24 of 917 for Smithsonian Institution Women's Council

    Pages