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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Eunice Newton Foote

    • Date: May 3, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Help us find a photograph of Eunice Newton Foote! Scientist Eunice Newton Foote, in 1856, was the 1st to speculate that modest increases in CO2 concentration could result in atmospheric warming, and was a contributor to the Smithsonian's weather data project.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Shadia Habbal

    • Date: June 21, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Astrophysicist Dr. Shadia Habbal, researches solar wind and eclipses, and established the solar-terrestrial physics research group at the Smithsonian's Astrophysical Observatory. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kelly Korreck

    • Date: March 22, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Erminnie Platt Smith

    • Date: January 25, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Anthropologist Erminnie Platt Smith, Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, was an expert in the Iroquois Nation of New York and Canada and the first woman to specialize in ethnographic field work. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marie C. Malaro

    • Date: September 12, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Marie C. Malaro was a lawyer in the Smithsonian's Office of General Counsel and published two landmark books on ethics and legal issues facing museums. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Zora Martin Felton

    • Date: August 29, 2018
    • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
    • Description: Zora Martin Felton was founding Director of the Education Department at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum for over thirty years. She served as Acting Director of the museum in 1989. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell

    • Date: March 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Congratulations to Elizabeth Cottrell for receiving the Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award to examine, "The Continental Nursery at Buldir Volcano, Western Aleutian Arc, Alaska, USA." Congratulations to Elizabeth Cottrell for receiving the Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award to examine, "The Continental Nursery at Buldir Volcano, Western Aleutian Arc, Alaska, USA."

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Margaret C. Blaker

    • Date: February 8, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Nancy Garwood

    • Date: August 2, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Pamela C. Rasmussen

    • Date: July 12, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dianne H. Pilgrim

    • Date: June 14, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jessica S. Johnson

    • Date: October 10, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Jessica S. Johnson, Head of Conservation, Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, focuses on conservation of archaeological field objects and helped establish the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage. #Groundbreaker

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