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    Agency History, 2015-2021

    • Date: 2015 2015-2020 2015-2021
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Office of the Under Secretary for Museums, Education, and Research/Provost

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  3. Someone out of frame hands McCaffrey a piece of paper. She is seated at her desk, which appears organized. In front of McCaffrey is a box with a paper on it that reads: “If you’re ever blue about what others do, look at them and say to yourself I’m glad I’m not like you.”

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Ellen McCaffrey

    • Date: August 17, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Mary Ellen McCaffrey was a powerhouse with the Smithsonian’s Office of Printing and Photographic Services from 1972 until her retirement in 1995. As production control officer, she ensured that the photo orders submitted to the office were processed and completed. Sometimes, those jobs meant the office was required to make reproduction negatives. In other instances, staff

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  5. Alma Whiffen Barksdale (1916-1981) worked as a mycologist at The Upjohn Company, where she discovered cycloheximide, an anti-fungal agent widely used on golf courses and cherry orchards.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Alma Whiffen Barksdale

    • Date: September 10, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  7. Zoologist Ann Haven Morgan (1882-1966) was the author of Fieldbook of Ponds and Streams (1930) and Animals in Wonder (1939) and was known for her contributions to environmental conservation.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Ann Haven Morgan

    • Date: May 7, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. Bertha Parker Pallan [Cody] (1907-1978) is considered one of the first female Native American archaeologists. She hosted a television program with her husband, Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999), explaining Indian history and folklore.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Bertha Parker Pallan

    • Date: January 8, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. In 1963, Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997 was considered one of the world's foremost experimental physicists and her team's experiments confirmed the theory of sub-atomic behavior known as

    Women in Science Wednesday: Chien-shiung Wu

    • Date: April 16, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  13. Cornelia Maria Clapp (1849-1934) earned both the first (Syracuse, 1889) and second (Chicago, 1896) biology doctorates awarded to women in the United States.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Cornelia Maria Clapp

    • Date: May 14, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  15. Crystallographer Dorita Anne Norton (1931-1972) was on the faculty at the State University of New York at Buffalo and authored the Atlas of Steroid Structure.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dorita Anne Norton

    • Date: July 9, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Estrella Eleanor Carothers (1883-1957) conducted groundbreaking genetics research on the order Orthoptera at the University of Iowa from 1935 to 1941.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Estrella Eleanor Carothers

    • Date: May 21, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  19. Organic chemists Fern P. Rathe and her co-scientists, Karl August Folkers (1906-

    Women in Science Wednesday: Fern P. Rathe

    • Date: July 17, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  21. Biochemist Florence Barbara Seibert (1897-1991) developed the skin test for tuberculosis and received the American Chemical Society's Francis P. Garvan Gold Medal for development of a pure tuberculin, which had made reliable skin tests possible.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Florence Barbara Seibert

    • Date: April 9, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  23. Ornithologist Florence Merriam Bailey (1863-1948), authored over ten books, including several field guides to birds, and close to one hundred articles. She established the Washington, D.C., Audubon Society and becoming the first female associate member of the Ornithologists Union (1885). #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Florence Merriam Bailey

    • Date: September 9, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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