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    1. Curator emeritus of Political History, Edie Mayo

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Edie Mayo

      • Date: September 7, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Curator emeritus of Political History, Edie Mayo, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, was a longtime advocate for women’s representation in history - “visibility in the past equals empowerment in the future.” #Groundbreaker

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      SIA RU000304, Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory), Project Records, circa 1959-1971

      • Date: 1959 1959-1971 circa 1959-1971
      • Creator: Radio Meteor Project (Harvard College Observatory)
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    5. The Smithsonian's 1st female employee, librarian Jane Turner (no picture of Turner exists), was in charge of the library and also oversaw the distribution & exchange of scientific publications with 1,744 institutions in 26 countries. #Groundbreaker

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jane Turner

      • Date: April 20, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Ths Smithsonian's 1st female employee, librarian Jane Turner (no picture of Turner exists), was in charge of the library and also oversaw the distribution & exchange of scientific publications with 1,744 institutions in 26 countries. #Groundbreaker

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    7. Martha Goodway, Metallurgist Emeritus of the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, was a pioneer in the field of Archaeometallurgy, the study of the traditional technologies of mining, smelting, refining, and forming of metals and their by-products. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Martha Goodway

      • Date: December 23, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Martha Goodway, Metallurgist Emeritus of the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, was a pioneer in the field of Archaeometallurgy, the study of the traditional technologies of mining, smelting, refining, and forming of metals and their by-products. #Groundbreaker

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      SIA RU007215, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Collected Notes, Lists, and Catalogs on Birds, 1839, 1849-1851, 1855-1987

      • Date: 1839 1839-1987 1839, 1849-1851, 1855-1987
      • Creator: National Museum of Natural History
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    11. Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonians Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Gilmour

      • Date: February 25, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian's Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker

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    13. Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Marine Scientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History researches the ecology and evolution of coral reefs using molecular genetics, field studies, and mathematical modeling. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Nancy Knowlton

      • Date: June 17, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Marine Scientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History researches the ecology and evolution of coral reefs using molecular genetics, field studies, and mathematical modeling. #Groundbreaker

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    15. Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Agnes Chase

      • Date: August 5, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker

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    17. Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Alice Cunningham Fletcher

      • Date: October 5, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher (left), contributor to the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, was one of the 1st female ethnologists, a founding member of the American Anthropological Association, and the 1st female president of the American Folklore Society. #Groundbreaker

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    19. Curator Emeritus, Bernice Johnson Reagon

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Bernice Johnson Reagon

      • Date: October 12, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Curator Emeritus, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, founded the Sweet Honey in the Rock music group, was a distinguished professor of history at American University, and was a MacArthur Fellow. #Groundbreaker

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    21. Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Benjamin Johnston

      • Date: June 22, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston trained under the Smithsonian's first photographer, Thomas Smillie, and opened her own photography studio in 1894, the only female to do so at the time. #Groundbreaker

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    23. As one of the Smithsonian's 1st female managers, Helena Weiss was responsible for the central filing system of public mail, accession reports, loans and exchanges, shipping, foreign travel, customs regulations, insurance, and workman's compensation.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Helena Weiss

      • Date: April 27, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: As one of the Smithsonian's 1st female managers, Helena Weiss was responsible for the central filing system of public mail, accession reports, loans and exchanges, shipping, foreign travel, customs regulations, insurance, and workman's compensation.

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