Results for "Smithsonian Institution. American Women's History Initiative"
- SI History Chronology
Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act introduced to Congress
- Date: March 28, 2019
- Creator: Maloney, Carolyn
- Creator: Maloney, Carolyn
- Smithsonian Legal Document
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act
- Date: 2019 March 28, 2019
- Creator: Collins, Susan 1952-
- Creator: Collins, Susan 1952-
- Blog Post
African American Women Educators at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 2, 2016
- Description: The contributions of African American women educators Tracy Carpenter, Louise Hutchinson, and Amina Dickerson to the Smithsonian.
Women in Science on Wikipedia
- Date: July 7, 2020
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Less than 19% of Wikipedia biographies in English represent women. Edit-a-thons can help change that.
- 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
Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers Edit-a-thon
- Date: August 24, 2020
- Description: Help us increase the representation of women in science on Wikipedia!
Smithsonian Women in Science in the Nineteenth Century
- Date: October 24, 2019
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Learn more about some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.
100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History
- Date: January 6, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Geologist Dr. Ursula Marvin studied Moon rocks from the Apollo missions and meteorites in Antarctica. Throughout her career with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Marvin championed women in science. She delivered lectures about her own experiences as a woman in geology and participated in programing to help advance women's careers. She was likely inspired to support
- 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?
- Blog Post
What’s in a Name? Uncovering Early Women Computers
- Date: December 3, 2019
- Description: We’re uncovering names of some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.
- Blog Post
Here at the Smithsonian: Showcasing Women’s Expertise at the Smithsonian
- Date: March 29, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: This Women’s History Month, we’re sharing two recently-digitized video clips featuring women and their expertise at our museums.
Stories to Be Told: An Internship at a Glance
- Date: December 12, 2019
- Description: A glimpse into a semester-long Institutional History internship at the Archives.