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      Diminutive but Determined: Mary Jane Rathbun

      • Date: March 6, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Mary Jane Rathbun, diminutive but determined, was the first full time female curator at the Smithsonian.

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      Mothers Day Inspiration

      • Date: May 9, 2017
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Get ready for Mother's Day with these images of Smithsonian staff and their families caring for young animals.

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      Oris Sanjur Named Acting Director of STRI

      • Date: July 1, 2020

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      Sneak Peek 3/18/2019

      • Date: March 18, 2019
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Naval Captain and computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper and mathematician Jeanne LaDuke attend "Women Pioneers in Mathematics" meeting at National Museum of American History, SIA Acc. 11-009, 81-11284-06.

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      SIA2009-2549

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        Mary E. Rice

        • Date: December 10, 2019
        • Description: Mary E. RiceSmithsonian Institution Archives Oral History Collection, SIA009622The Smithsonian’s Division of Worms welcomed Dr. Mary E. Rice (1926-2021) to the invertebrate zoology team in 1966. As she pioneered her way through her education and career, Rice seized every opportunity that came her way.

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      • Link Love 3/6

        • Date: March 6, 2020
        • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
        • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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        Mary Agnes Chase

        • Date: April 4, 2017
        • Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9227,size=200,left]The foremost grass specialist of her time ended her formal education after grammar school. She began collecting and illustrating plants in her twenties, and was hired by Chicago's Field Museum in 1901 and later as a botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Scientific illustration was a way for

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      • International Conference on the Biology of Whales in Virginia in 1971. Credit via NOAA.

        Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time

        • Date: August 2, 2018
        • Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.

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        Welcome to the World Wide Web, Ladies

        • Date: August 15, 2013
        • Description: Intern Rachel Alexander muses on why notable women in science are forgotten and how to reinstate their legacy through Wikipedia.

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        Hidden in Plain Sight: Reading Between the Lines with the Smithsonian Transcription Center Volunteers

        • Date: February 24, 2015
        • Description: As Smithsonian Transcription Center volunteers unlock the stories from the Archives’ collections, we find ways to share the work of women in science hidden in the digitized pages.

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        Science Service, Up Close: "Stealth Authors" and An Appreciation of Honesty

        • Date: March 24, 2015
        • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
        • Description: "Stealth Authors" and an appreciation of honesty when it came to women writers of science in the early 20th century.

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