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  1. Marion Winifred Sheahan, R.N. (1892-1994), a pioneer in public health nursing, s

    Women in Science Wednesday: Marion Winifred Sheahan, R.N.

    • Date: November 20, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  3. Marjorie Van de Water (1900-1962) won several journalism awards for diligent coverage of advances psychology and sociology.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Marjorie Van de Water

    • Date: February 19, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  5. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Diane S. Littler

    • Date: May 24, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  7. Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979), astrophysicist at Harvard College Observatory, was known for her research on stellar spectra.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin

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

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  9. Pioneering aeronautical engineer Laurel van der Wal (d. 2009) (later Laurel van der Wal Roennau) won the Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award in 1961 when she was head of bioastronautics at Space Technology Laboratories. The Los Angeles Times named her 1961 Woman Scientist of the Year.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Laurel van der Wal

    • Date: August 27, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. In 1954, Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC)

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lt. Col. Pauline Kirby

    • Date: January 1, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  13. May Gorslin Preston Slosson (1858-1943) was a noted suffragist and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy in United States (Cornell University, 1880). Her graduate thesis was titled

    Women in Science Wednesday: May Gorslin Preston Slosson

    • Date: February 26, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  15. Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert (b. 1909) was an astronomer at Harvard College Observatory where she discovered three new ring nebulae in the Milky Way in 1936.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Muriel E. Mussells Seyfert

    • Date: August 6, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire (1893-1950) was a plant pathologist known for her work on sugar cane diseases.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire

    • Date: August 13, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  19. Director for Latino Initiatives, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Maria del Carmen Cossu

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Maria del Carmen Cossu

    • Date: October 26, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: As Director for Latino Initiatives, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Maria del Carmen Cossu, seeks to provide all Americans a better understanding of the U.S. Latino experience, and to encourage Latinx museum professionals into the museum field. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Paleontologist Dr. Johanna

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger

    • Date: November 18, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Paleontologist Dr. Johanna "Tilly" Edinger was the founder of the field of paleoneurology, the study of brain evolution, and discovered that mammalian brains left imprints on fossil skulls, allowing paleoneurologists to discern their anatomy. #Groundbreaker

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  23. Dr. Robin L. Davisson, Professor of Molecular Physiology at Cornell University, won the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Award for excellence in cardiovascular research from the American Heart Association and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is now part of the Smithsonian family. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Robin L. Davisson

    • Date: October 28, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Robin L. Davisson, Professor of Molecular Physiology at Cornell University, won the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Award for excellence in cardiovascular research from the American Heart Association and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is now part of the Smithsonian family. #Groundbreaker

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