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    1. Portrait of Freida Austin from The Prophet.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Freida Austin Johnson

      • Date: February 3, 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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    3. Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921)

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dora Jean Dougherty Strother

      • Date: August 21, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    5. Elise Depew Strang L'Esperance (1878-1959), M.D. and professor of pathology

      Women in Science Wednesday: Elise Depew Strang L'Esperance

      • Date: December 25, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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    7. Plant physiologist Helen Kemp Archbold Porter (1899-1987) was the first woman to hold a chair at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.

      Women in Science Wednesday: Helen Kemp Archbold Porter

      • Date: July 30, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    9. Marion Winifred Sheahan, R.N. (1892-1994), a pioneer in public health nursing, s

      Women in Science Wednesday: Marion Winifred Sheahan, R.N.

      • Date: November 20, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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    11. Marjorie Van de Water (1900-1962) won several journalism awards for diligent coverage of advances psychology and sociology.

      Women in Science Wednesday: Marjorie Van de Water

      • Date: February 19, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    13. Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979), astrophysicist at Harvard College Observatory, was known for her research on stellar spectra.

      Women in Science Wednesday: Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin

      • Date: March 5, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    15. Paleontologist Dr. Johanna

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger

      • Date: November 18, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Paleontologist Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger was the founder of the field of paleoneurology, the study of brain evolution, and discovered that mammalian brains left imprints on fossil skulls, allowing paleoneurologists to discern their anatomy. #Groundbreaker

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    17. Dr. Robin L. Davisson, Professor of Molecular Physiology at Cornell University, won the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Award for excellence in cardiovascular research from the American Heart Association and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is now part of the Smithsonian family. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Robin L. Davisson

      • Date: October 28, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Robin L. Davisson, Professor of Molecular Physiology at Cornell University, won the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Award for excellence in cardiovascular research from the American Heart Association and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is now part of the Smithsonian family. #Groundbreaker

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    19. Awarded the Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek

      • Date: March 18, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Awarded the Marie Curie Marie Curie Fellowship by the American Association of University Women, Astrophysicist Dr. Saeqa Dil Vrtilek studies the physics of accretion disks and jets, and multi wavelength studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. She has published over 100 articles. #Groundbreaker

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    21. Pioneering aeronautical engineer Laurel van der Wal (d. 2009) (later Laurel van der Wal Roennau) won the Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award in 1961 when she was head of bioastronautics at Space Technology Laboratories. The Los Angeles Times named her 1961 Woman Scientist of the Year.

      Women in Science Wednesday: Laurel van der Wal

      • Date: August 27, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    23. In 1954, Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC)

      Women in Science Wednesday: Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby

      • Date: January 1, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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