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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Betty Strickler

      • Date: April 22, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz

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    3. Munroe stands over Rhees, who is seated at a desk. She is holding a paper.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Helen Munroe

      • Date: December 22, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    5. The Smithsonian's 1st female employee, librarian Jane Turner (no picture of Turner exists), was in charge of the library and also oversaw the distribution & exchange of scientific publications with 1,744 institutions in 26 countries. #Groundbreaker

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jane Turner

      • Date: April 20, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Ths Smithsonian's 1st female employee, librarian Jane Turner (no picture of Turner exists), was in charge of the library and also oversaw the distribution & exchange of scientific publications with 1,744 institutions in 26 countries. #Groundbreaker

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    7. Taxidermist Sybil Costanzo

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sybil Costanzo

      • Date: July 13, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Taxidermist Sybil Costanzo worked at the National Museum of Natural History for 8 years and was the only female federal employee to do taxidermy work. #Groundbreaker

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      WWI: Mobilizing for the War Effort

      • Date: June 17, 2016
      • Description: Even before the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917, the conflict in Europe was front and center in the minds of many Americans who wanted to do their part. The employees of the Smithsonian were no exception. Through their own Red Cross auxiliary, applying their expertise to the war effort, and making changes in their private lives, Smithsonian employees took

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    11. Wikipedians Hard at Work, Photo courtesy of Effie Kapsalis.

      Inside a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

      • Date: June 8, 2012
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Get an inside-look at a Wikipedia edit-a-thon and learn how you can volunteer for the Smithsonian even if you don't live nearby.

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    13. Hallager holding a kori bustard. The caption below reads: Sara Hallager, curator of birds at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, is responsible for managing daily avian care, including bird well-being, reproductive programs, conservation programs, exhibitions, and interpretive public programs. She began working at the Zoo as a volunteer in 1984 and as an employee in 1987. #Groundbreaker.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sara Hallager

      • Date: September 2, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, we are determined not to let history repeat itself. From our colleagues at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, who research and track birds in the wild, to our Bird House keepers who care for and breed these animals at the Zoo, we are working together to study, understand and protect common birds

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      Women in Science : Fifty Fearless Pioneers who Changed the World

      • Date: 2016
      • Creator: Ignotofsky, Rachel 1989-
      • Creator: Ignotofsky, Rachel 1989-

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    17. Color portrait photograph of National Museum of African Art curator, Dr. Karen Milbourne.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Karen Milbourne

      • Date: September 19, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: Curator Dr. Karen Milbourne, National Museum of African Art, studies the arts of western Zambia and contemporary African art. Her exhibition "Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts" won an Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Excellence in Exhibitions award. #Groundbreaker

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    19. Black and white photograph of a woman speaking to a group of children. Some children are holding books. Both the woman and the children are seated.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Amina Dickerson

      • Date: October 24, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: Amina Dickerson, Director of Education at the National Museum of African Art, 1974 to 1982, established African Heritage Month at the Smithsonian and led work to make the museum educational programs more accessible. #Groundbreaker

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      Faces in the Crowd

      • Date: March 3, 2011
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting new photos of women scientists to the Flickr Commons and highlighting these women in blog posts on THE BIGGER PICTURE, in honor of Women's History Month.[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="An unidentified woman (possibly Alice Haskins) sitting with U.S. Department of Agriculture,

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    23. Black and white high school yearbook picture of Marie Louise Clogher.

      Forging a Legal Path: Marie Malaro

      • Date: September 18, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Marie Malaro, 1933-2018, entered law in 1957 when few women were admitted to the bar, and then taught generations of museum professionals how law and ethics applied to their work every day.

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