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  1. Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Benjamin Johnston

    • Date: June 22, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston trained under the Smithsonian's first photographer, Thomas Smillie, and opened her own photography studio in 1894, the only female to do so at the time. #Groundbreaker

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  3. Dr. Olivia Cadaval, Curator and Chair of Cultural Research and Education at the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Olivia Cadaval

    • Date: November 9, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Olivia Cadaval, Curator and Chair of Cultural Research and Education at the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, was part of the movement to coin the term 'Latino:' "We are Spanish speaking. We are minorities. We have to do something to pool our forces."

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  5. Women in Science Wednesday: Eva J. Pell

    • Date: March 12, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  7. Dr. Yo Matsubara, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, studies the environment of early Mars using simulation models that can help scientists understand the degradation of craters, which can shed light on the geologic history of the red planet. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Yo Matsubara

    • Date: October 7, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. June Etta Downey (1875-1932), professor of philosophy and psychology at the Univ

    Women in Science Wednesday: June Etta Downey

    • Date: August 14, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  11. Historian and Curator, Dr. Gail Lowe, Anacostia Community Museum

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Gail Lowe

    • Date: August 3, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: In Memoriam: Historian and Curator, Dr. Gail Lowe, Anacostia Community Museum, led the Urban Waterway project exploring the connection of local communities with the Anacostia River as an example of urban river communities around the country. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1849-1915), Bureau of American Ethnology

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Matilda Coxe Stevenson

    • Date: December 14, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1849-1915), Bureau of American Ethnology, was the first woman to study the American Southwest, the first female anthropologist hired by the U.S. Government, and did substantial fieldwork among the Zuni and other Southwest tribes. #Groundbreaker

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  15. Historian Lillian B. Miller, National Portrait Gallery

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Lillian B. Miller

    • Date: August 31, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Historian Lillian B. Miller was the 1st woman in her family to go to college, became a professor at age 23, was turned down for a job in the 50s since she was pregnant, and due to her seminal work on Charles Wilson Peale, landed a job with our National Portrait Gallery in the 70s. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ellen Stofan

    • Date: April 18, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Ellen Stofan, the first woman to be appointed Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, was NASA's chief scientist and a leader in the effort to send humans to Mars. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Constance Berry Newman

    • Date: June 7, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Former Under Secretary of the Smithsonian (1992-2000), Constance Berry Newman, also served 7 Presidential appointments in the U.S. federal government, 5 of which required Senate confirmations. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Color portrait of woman smiling with head in hand.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Margaret Geller

    • Date: March 28, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Astrophysicist Dr. Margaret J. Geller, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, is a pioneer in mapping the nearby universe who provided a new view of the enormous patterns in the distribution of galaxies like the Milky Way. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Olga Linares

    • Date: February 28, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Former Senior Staff Scientist, Dr. Olga Linares, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, greatly expanded the understanding of Central American human evolution, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1992. #Groundbreaker

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