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  1. Biologist Betty Jane Landrum (far right) worked at the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (1965-1989) supporting systematic research all over the world. She was awarded the Smithsonian Career Service award in 1976 and was honored for her contributions to Antarctic research with the naming of a geographic feature, Landrum Island. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Betty Jane Landrum

    • Date: June 3, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: In Memoriam: Betty Jane Landrum, longtime partner and wife of reference archivist, Ellen Alers. Biologist Betty Jane Landrum (far right) worked at the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (1965-1974) supporting systematic research all over the world. She was awarded the Smithsonian Career Service award in 1976 and was honored for her contributions to Antarctic research

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  3. Reproductive physiologist, Dr. JoGayle Howard, Smithsonian National Zoo, dedicated her life to helping the reproduction of endangered species such as the black-footed ferret and clouded leopard. In 2010, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service gave Howard the prestigious award, “Recovery Champion.” #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. JoGayle Howard

    • Date: July 29, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: In Memorium: Dr. JoGayle Howard died March 5, 2011 at age 59, in Washington, D.C. from malignant melanoma. Her legacy lives on in the survival of the species that she studied, including the black-footed ferret, giant panda, clouded leopard, cheetah, fishing cat, Florida panther and elephant. Reproductive physiologist, Dr. JoGayle Howard, Smithsonian National Zoo, dedicated her

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Janine Brown

    • Date: February 22, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Congratulations to Janine Brown for receiving the Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award to examine, "Using serum inflammatory markers to investigate the immune response to elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus."

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  7. Harlean James (1877-1969) wrote Romance of the National Parks (1939) to advocate

    Women in Science Wednesday: Harlean James

    • Date: July 24, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. Gerharda Wilbrink (1875-1962) was a Dutch plant pathologist who specialized on sugar cane diseases in Java. Wilbrink published on this topic during 1920s and devised a well-known medium for growing bacteria called

    Women in Science Wednesday: Gerharda Wilbrink

    • Date: January 29, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. 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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  13. 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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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Linda McCann

    • Date: May 17, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. 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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  19. Jane Stafford (1899-1991) joined Science Service as medical editor and writer in 1927, where she covered some of the most important discoveries and people in medical research.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Jane Stafford

    • Date: February 5, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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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. Frances Densmore

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Densmore

    • Date: October 19, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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