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    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Alice McWhinnie

    • Date: May 22, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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    Women in Science Wednesday: Joyce Jacobson Kaufman

    • Date: June 5, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Women in Science Wednesday: Libbie Henrietta Hyman

    • Date: June 12, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Women in Science Wednesday: Irène Joliot-Curie

    • Date: May 8, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Valerie Paul

    • Date: May 31, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Valerie Paul, head scientist at the Smithsonian Marine Station and director of the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems, researches marine chemical ecology, marine plant-herbivore interactions, coral reef ecology, and marine natural products. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Glessner Lee

    • Date: November 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Frances Glessner Lee crafted the “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death” detailing miniature crime scenes (now on exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery)—to train homicide investigators revolutionizing the emerging field of homicide investigation. #Groundbreaker

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  13. 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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    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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  17. 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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  19. 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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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Estelle Beck

    • Date: April 29, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Estelle Beck, Head Switchboard Operator, 1960–77, led a small team of women who were responsible for fielding hundreds of daily calls to the Smithsonian. Beck also operated telephones at the Smithsonian for three years prior to World War II. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Nancy Bercaw

    • Date: December 27, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Nancy Bercaw, co-curator of the “Slavery and Freedom” exhibit, National Museum of African American History and Culture, oversaw a slave cabin's move from Edisto Island, South Carolina to the Smithsonian: “I have to see it where it was...I felt like I needed to meet people as well.” #Groundbreaker

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