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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Beryl Simpson

    • Date: May 30, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Phylogeneticist Dr. Beryl Simpson, formerly curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, received the 2010 José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany for her contributions to the field and 3 decades of mentoring future botanists. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Brandon Fortune

    • Date: May 2, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Brandon Fortune, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, organized the first two Outwin Boochever Portrait Competitions and researches women portraitists of the later nineteenth century. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ellen Stofan

    • Date: April 18, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Ellen Stofan, the first woman to be appointed Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, was NASA's chief scientist and a leader in the effort to send humans to Mars. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Jane Walsh

    • Date: July 4, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Emeritus Dr. Jane Walsh, Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, developed a specialty in pre-Columbian lapidary technology to better understand the technological advancements of ancient cultures. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kathryn Sullivan

    • Date: October 11, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Astronaut and earth scientist, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, was the 1st female American astronaut to spacewalk, and was named the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in 2017. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Mireya Loza

    • Date: December 13, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Mireya Loza, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, researches labor history and her 1st book, "Defiant Braceros", won the Immigration and Ethnic History Society's Theodore Saloutos Book Award.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Helena E. Wright

    • Date: November 22, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Helena E. Wright, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, researches the role of graphic media in expanding visual culture and won a 2017 Secretary's Research Prize. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jessie Cohen

    • Date: March 21, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Photographer, Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian's National Zoo, worked for nearly 30 years patiently and sensitively photographing the animals while also managing the Zoo's photo collection which consists of thousands of images, from glass plate negatives to digital. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah Willis

    • Date: July 5, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Scholar, curator, and photographer, Dr. Deborah Willis, won a 2000 MacArthur 'genius' fellowship while working to advocate for the founding of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler

    • Date: June 20, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator of Oceanic Ethnology Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler, Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, is an expert on Tongan dance and was honored by the YWCA as a leading female scientist whose work increased the understanding of native cultures. #Groundbreaker

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    The Mischievous Megatherium Club: After Hours

    • Date: December 14, 2017
    • Description: The creation and design of the Smithsonian Institution Building, commonly known as the “Castle”, is no mystery; however, the stories of some of the early individuals involved in the formation of the Smithsonian’s collection are less commonly known. We need to ask who collected the specimens and produced research on the objects that visitors now see when they enter Smithsonian

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    Archives Puzzles: The Scale of the Whale

    • Date: February 22, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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