Results for "Smithsonian Institution Women's Council"
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
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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!
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SIA Acc. 07-113, Smithsonian Institution Archives National Collections Program, Committee and Council Records, 1977-1997
- Date: 1977 1977-1997
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives. National Collections Program
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Celebrate Our Fifth Annual Women's History Month!
- Date: March 5, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: We're launching new images and blog post to celebrate Women's History Month.
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SIA Acc. 00-037, Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Council, Administrative Records, 1991-1999
- Date: 1991 1991-1999
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Council
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 02-140, Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Council, Administrative Records, 1966-2001
- Date: 1966 1966-2001
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Council
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 15-342, Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Folklife Advisory Council Records, 1976-2011
- Date: 1976 1976-2011
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Women in Humanities
- Date: March 3, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: To kick off Women's History month, a look at some of the women in humanities represented in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Margaret Simmons Vining
- Date: August 3, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Margaret Simmons Vining was a museum specialist and later curator of armed forces history at the National Museum of American History from 1983 until her death in 2018.In addition to curating major exhibitions and building the division’s collections, she founded and supervised the Smithsonian Archive of Women’s Military History. Together with her longtime collaborator and life
How Gloria Steinem Inspired Change at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 2, 2021
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: In December 1978, Gloria Steinem met with the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council (SIWC) to advise the group on carrying out the work of change at the Smithsonian and to broaden members’ understanding of the women’s movement. As described by attendees, the conversation was “dynamite…great…wonderful.” One member expressed her surprise at finding Steinem so agreeable;
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SIA Acc. 03-101, Smithsonian Institution Archives and Special Collections Council, Committee Records, 1990-2003
- Date: 1990 1990-2003
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives and Special Collections Council
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 05-202, Smithsonian Institution Archives and Special Collections Council, Committee Records, 1993-2004
- Date: 1993 1993-2004
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives and Special Collections Council
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives