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  1. 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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  3. Black & white portrait with woman in glasses, in her office, looking off to side.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Margaret C. Blaker

    • Date: February 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  5. Dr. Marguerite Toscano, Quaternary Marine Geoscientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, investigates paleobiologic and paleogeologic topics focused on fossil coral reefs and mangrove deposits of the Caribbean region. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Marguerite Toscano

    • Date: June 3, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Marguerite Toscano, Quaternary Marine Geoscientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, investigates paleobiologic and paleogeologic topics focused on fossil coral reefs and mangrove deposits of the Caribbean region. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Forensic Anthropologist, Kari Bruwelheide solves cold cases—some as old as 10,000 years! She and her colleagues develop new ways to interpret evidence from bones and burials and are currently solving mysteries from the days of the earliest English settlements in America. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Kari Bruwelheide

    • Date: December 31, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Forensic Anthropologist, Kari Bruwelheide solves cold cases—some as old as 10,000 years! She and her colleagues develop new ways to interpret evidence from bones and burials and are currently solving mysteries from the days of the earliest English settlements in America. #Groundbreaker

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  9. Dr. Patricia Gossel, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Patricia Gossel

    • Date: November 30, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Patricia Gossel, chairman of the Science, Medicine and Society Division, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, established the history of biology collection at the museum, studied the history of the contraceptive pill, and published more than two dozen scholarly articles before her death. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Margaret Brown Klapthor, National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Margaret Brown Klapthor

    • Date: June 29, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Margaret Brown Klapthor, National Museum of American History, was an expert on White House history, curated the Smithsonian’s First Ladies collection, and wrote several books on First Ladies history. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Untitled, by Thomas Smillie, 1900, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Division of Medicine and Science. Photograph taken as part of expedition to view the solar eclipse of May 1900 in Wadesboro, North Carolina. Note the elaborate tent that housed the Smithsonian’s large horizontal telescope.

    Smillie and the 1900 Eclipse

    • Date: June 9, 2009
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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  15. A sloth in a basket holds a woman's finger.

    The Substitute Mother

    • Date: January 20, 2011
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright
    • Creator: Jennifer Wright

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  17. Icthyologist and Curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Dr. Carole Baldwin, has published over 60 scientific articles and discovered new species of fishes in several tropical locations. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Carole Baldwin

    • Date: December 3, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Icthyologist and Curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Dr. Carole Baldwin, has publised over 5 dozen scientific articles and discovered new species of fishes in several tropical locations. #Groundbreaker

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  19. Biological anthropologist Dr. Habiba Chirchir, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, researches the evolution of human and non-human primate bone density patterns to ascertain whether there are unique patterns of trabecular bone density among closely related species. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Habiba Chirchir

    • Date: May 20, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Biological anthropologist Dr. Habiba Chirchir, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, researches the evolution of human and non-human primate bone density patterns to ascertain whether there are unique patterns of trabecular bone density among closely related species. #Groundbreaker

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  21. The Smithsonian’s first paid female scientist and full-time curator, Mary Jane Rathbun, spent her life’s work on the classification of decapod Crustacea (shrimps, crabs and their near relatives) and wrote a 4-volume series on the crabs of America. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Jane Rathbun

    • Date: September 23, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian’s first paid female scientist and full-time curator, Mary Jane Rathbun, spent her life’s work on the classification of decapod Crustacea (shrimps, crabs and their near relatives) and wrote a 4-volume series on the crabs of America. #Groundbreaker

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  23. A person wades through water with a backpack over their head.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Meredith L. Bastian

    • Date: October 2, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz

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