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    1. Molecular biologist Dr. Oris Sanjur, Associate Director for Science Administration at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, was selected as 1 of the 10 pioneering Women in Science in Panama, and advocates for science and education as essential elements for the development of the country. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Oris Sanjur

      • Date: February 17, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Molecular biologist Dr. Oris Sanjur, Associate Director for Science Administration at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, was selected as 1 of the 10 pioneering Women in Science in Panama, and advocates for science and education as essential elements for the development of the country. #Groundbreaker

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    3. Ursula Marvin lies on her stomach to look into ice. A colleague kneels next to her, taking notes.

      100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History

      • Date: January 6, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Geologist Dr. Ursula Marvin studied Moon rocks from the Apollo missions and meteorites in Antarctica. Throughout her career with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Marvin championed women in science. She delivered lectures about her own experiences as a woman in geology and participated in programing to help advance women's careers. She was likely inspired to support

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    5. A black-and-white picture of Mary Jane Rathbun working at her desk at the Smithsonian Institution.

      Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers Edit-a-thon

      • Date: August 24, 2020
      • Description: Help us increase the representation of women in science on Wikipedia!

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    7. Harrison E. Howe, Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image ID 2008-3958.

      Hitting the Right Note: Science or Sensationalism?

      • Date: November 3, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A look at the line between science and sensationalism in the Science Service.

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    9. Botanist Mary Agnes Chase was and expert in grasses, as well as a suffragette.

      Vote Women in Science

      • Date: August 11, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: It is that scrappy time of year where we ask you to nominate your favorite Smithsonian collection, experience, or in the Archives' case, people. We typcially refer to them as groundbreakers. We have some stiff competition in the science category with the Hope Diamond and the 3D Lincoln Life Mask, however, we feel Smithsonian female scientists have made such a significant

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    11. Introducing the Science Media Group YouTube Playlist

      • Date: June 29, 2021
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives YouTube channel has a new dedicated playlist for the Science Media Group Collection, which features videos from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory program that was active from 1989 to 2013.

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    13. Medical technologist Jane Swanson was awarded the Ivor Dunsford Memorial Award for her discoveries of several antigens (most notably the rare Pk antigen) and blood groups.

      Women In Science Wednesday: Jane Swanson

      • Date: October 15, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting groundbreaking women in science.

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    15. Physiology professor Rosalind Wulzen (b. 1886) discovered a factor (the

      Women In Science Wednesday: Rosalind Wulzen

      • Date: October 1, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting groundbreaking women in science.

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      Collaboration’s Value in the Pursuit of Science and Peace

      • Date: September 19, 2019
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: Advancing peace requires a strong, wide, and active network.

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    19. A woman sits at a desk near a typewriter and many stacks of papers.

      Science Service, Up Close: Science Reporters on the Hunt

      • Date: April 18, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Photographs from the Science Service collections preserve behind-the-scenes glimpses of the newsgathering process for science reporters.

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    21. Dorothy Maud Wrinch (1894-1976), philosopher and mathematician, was known for her theoretical work on protein structure.

      Women In Science Wednesday: Dorothy Maud Wrinch

      • Date: October 8, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting groundbreaking women in science.

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    23. Thomas F. Flannery (1919-1999) was a cartoonist for Yank, the U.S. Army magazine, during World War II. After the war, he became a newspaper editorial cartoonist, eventually working for the Baltimore Sun, 1957-1988. Several thousand of his original drawings are in the Johns Hopkins University Library.

      Science Service, Up Close: At the Front - War Correspondents and Cartoonists

      • Date: August 27, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: War correspondents and cartoonists amongst the Science Service collections at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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