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      Formidable: Women in Science

      • Date: March 8, 2009
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the first in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month. Formidable (adj). Having qualities that discourage attack; tending to inspire awe or wonder. What a word!

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    3. 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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    5. 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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    7. 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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    9. 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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    11. 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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    13. 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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    15. Maud Slye (1879-1954), a pathologist and noted cancer researcher

      Women in Science Wednesday: Maud Slye

      • Date: November 13, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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    17. Industrialist Vivien Kellems (1896-1975)

      Women in Science Wednesday: Vivien Kellems

      • Date: November 6, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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    19. Catherine Macfarlane (1877-1969), a Philadelphia gynecologist

      Women in Science Wednesday: Catherine Macfarlane

      • Date: December 18, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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    21. From 1916 to 1957, Harvard College astronomer Margaret Harwood (1885-1979)

      Women in Science Wednesday: Margaret Harwood

      • Date: September 11, 2013
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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    23. Biologist and ichthyologist Ida May Mellen (1877-1970) was an expert on fish diseases and worked at the New York Aquarium, 1916-1929. She wrote numerous books and articles about marine biology.

      Women In Science Wednesday: Ida May Mellen

      • Date: November 5, 2014
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: A weekly feature highlighting group groundbreaking women in science.

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