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  1. Soviet soil scientist and geologist Vladimir Vasilievich Gemmerling, Director, Soil Department of the Fertilizer Institute, Moscow State University. He was an official delegate to the First International Congress of Soil Science, Washington, D.C., June 1927, and is shown on board an excursion boat. Accession 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives, image no. SIA2008-1869.

    Science Service, Up Close: A Slow Boat Down the River

    • Date: June 18, 2015
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: Watson Davis photographed visiting scientists on a June 1927 Potomac River boat trip to Mount Vernon.

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  3. Cockroach Kitchen, Dynamics of Evolution Hall, 1979, photographic print, Accession 13-125 - National Museum of Natural History, Office of Education, Exhibition Records, 1978-1979, 1995-1996, 2003, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. no. 87-7526.

    The Cockroach Kitchen

    • Date: October 29, 2013
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Description: A cockroach covered kitchen illustrated population potential in a National Museum of Natural History exhibit.

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  5. Color photo of former Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Pamela Henson receiving award.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Pamela Henson

    • Date: September 6, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives historian and American University professor, Dr. Pamela Henson, has managed the Smithsonian's oral history program recording important moments in Smithsonian history since 1974, and received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service in 2014. #Groundbreaker

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  7. 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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  9. 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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    If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it...

    • Date: May 10, 2010
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: The seven scientists asked to testify for the defense standing in front of the Defense Mansion, 1925, by Watson Davis, Black and white photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Image # SIA2008-1146"][/caption] We are nearing the 2nd anniversary of the Smithsonian launching on the

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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. Portrait of Ann M. Seeger

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ann M. Seeger

    • Date: December 21, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ann M. Seeger, curator emeritus, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, managed the chemistry and biological sciences collection, and is an expert in science education apparatus and balances and weights.v#Groundbreaker

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  21. 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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  23. 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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