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      A Library for the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Council

      • Date: September 7, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: From The Feminine Mystique to Ms. magazine: take a look at what members of the Women’s Council were reading in the 1970s and 1980s.

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    3. Watson Hiner Monroe (at left, behind the wheel) and Katherine Tait Omwake and Thelma Hunt (visible in the back seat), participating in driving test as part of the George Washington University “Sleeplessness Test” weekend, August 14-16, 1925.

      Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 2 - Adventurers

      • Date: August 20, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.

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    5. Students who volunteered as subjects in the George Washington University “Sleeplessness Test,” August 14-16, 1925. Left to right: Louise Omwake, Katherine Tait Omwake, Thelma Hunt, and Alice Haines.

      Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 1 - Insomniacs

      • Date: August 18, 2015
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.

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    7. Mary S. M. Gibson, January 1954, Frank J. Gilloon Agency, Record Unit 267: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Records, 1881, 1895-1976, Smithsonian Institution Archives.

      Women in Humanities

      • Date: March 3, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: To kick off Women's History month, a look at some of the women in humanities represented in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.

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    9. A woman presents an award to a man. They are shaking hands.

      Smithsonian Spotlight: Carmen E. Turner

      • Date: February 20, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: How does one climb from working as a clerk typist to being appointed second-in-command at the Smithsonian? Meet Carmen Turner.

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      Doris Holmes Blake and the Fight for Women’s Right to Paid Employment

      • Date: May 3, 2021
      • Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
      • Description: How the marital status provision of the 1932 Economy Act impacted one Smithsonian scientist.

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      Ruel P. Tolman’s Images: Who Are You?

      • Date: January 12, 2012
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: Help us identify images from the 1930s, photographed by Ruel P. Tolman, Curator and Director of the Smithsonian’s National Collection of Fine Arts.

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    15. Brassia caudata (Orchidaceae) watercolor by Regina O. Hughes, c. 1980, National Museum of Natural History, Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Plate # 641.

      “Angels Can Do No More”: Regina Hughes’ Contributions as a Botanical Illustrator

      • Date: March 10, 2016
      • Description: This post discusses the contributions of Regina Hughes, a botanical illustrator, to the National Museum of Natural History.

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    17. Link Love: 9/4/2020

      • Date: September 4, 2020
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    19. Link Love: 8/20/2021

      • Date: August 20, 2021
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    21. Invitation to the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in 1987.

      Design + Archives: Anacostia Community Museum

      • Date: February 21, 2017
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Celebrating 50 years in 2017, the Anacostia Community Museum opened on September 15, 1967.

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    23. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jacqueline Hicks Grazette

      • Date: June 24, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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