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    1. 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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    3. Hallie Jenkins, Science Service Sales and Advertising Manager

      Science Service, Up Close: Hallie Jenkins, On the Road, On Her Own Terms

      • Date: March 16, 2017
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In January 1926, Science Service took a chance on smart, plucky Hallie Jenkins, hiring the 27-year-old as their sales representative. During the following months, Jenkins traveled on her own throughout the Midwest, selling science to newspapers large and small. By the end of the year, she become the organization’s sales and advertising manager.

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    5. This outfit designed for female factory workers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture had removable sleeves, 1941.

      Science Service, Up Close: Making Do

      • Date: June 4, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Science Service: Up Close - Looking at the "defense fashions" for female workers during World War II.

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    7. Cathedral?, Record Unit 7091: Science Service, Records, circa 1910-1963, Smithsonian Institution Archives, image no. SIA2015-003197.

      Science Service, Up Close: Where Was Watson?

      • Date: September 15, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Help the Smithsonian Institution Archives identify the locations of Watson Davis’s vacation photographs from August and September 1925.

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    9. Serpents, Slugs and Science: The Interesting Career of Paul Bartsch

      • Date: August 9, 2012
      • Description: Learn about Smithsonian zoologist Paul Bartsch, whose love of mollusks and science was not just a career but a way of life.

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      Science Service, Up Close: Tips for Writers – Running Starts and Clean Plates

      • Date: February 19, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: As the Director of Science Service, chemist Edwin Emery Slosson not only edited the submissions of his staff and external contributors but he also dispensed writing tips that remain timely today.

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    13. State Highway in Bolling Memorial Redwood Grove, Humboldt County, California, 1921.

      Science Service, Up Close: Save the Redwoods

      • Date: May 21, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: Science Service: Up Close - Pictures from the Bolling Memorial Redwood Grove, Humboldt County, California.

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    15. Dr. Cara Santelli, research geologist at the Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, studies the impact of microbial activity on mineral formation, rock-weathering processes, and remediation of contaminated environments. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Cara Santelli

      • Date: July 15, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Cara Santelli, research geologist at the Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, studies the impact of microbial activity on mineral formation, rock-weathering processes, and remediation of contaminated environments. #Groundbreaker

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    17. From Plantations to Islands of Science: Travels in Costa Rica and Panama - Part II

      • Date: January 31, 2013
      • Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.

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    19. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA2009-4133.

      Science Service, Up Close: A Meeting Of Minds

      • Date: April 7, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A rare meeting of the scientific minds at the 92nd Annual British Association Conference in 1924, captured by Science Service journalist Watson Davis.

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    21. Dr. Mary Baker, Research Organic Chemist & Museum Conservator, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute (1987–2000), used differential scanning calorimetry to determine the extent of crystallization in order to establish proper storage and handling procedures for spacesuits. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mary T. Baker

      • Date: January 20, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Mary Baker, Research Organic Chemist & Museum Conservator, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute (1987–2000), used differential scanning calorimetry to determine the extent of crystallization in order to establish proper storage and handling procedures for spacesuits. #Groundbreaker

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    23. Nora Lockshin, Senior Conservator at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, consults on preservation goals with archivists & collection managers throughout the Smithsonian and researches modern materials found in archives including plastics. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Nora Lockshin

      • Date: December 2, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Nora Lockshin, Senior Conservator at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, consults on preservation goals with archivists & collection managers throughout the Smithsonian and researches modern materials found in archives including plastics. #Groundbreaker

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