Results for "Women scientists"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 22-084, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Website Records, 2007-2020
- Date: 2007 2007-2020
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Mary Jane Rathbun Working with Specimens
- Date: c. 1930s?
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
“Muse of Scientific Literature”: Leila Forbes Clark
- Date: March 13, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: In honor of Women’s History Month and the 50th anniversary of Smithsonian Libraries, let’s learn about Leila Gay Forbes Clark (1887-1964), the second woman to direct the Smithsonian’s library. She was beloved by the researchers she worked with (really loved in one case….) and began the restructuring of the many small libraries across the Smithsonian.
Mary Jane Rathbun and Waldo LaSalle Schmitt
- Date: Unknown, perhaps 1920s
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- Blog Post
"If you feed them, they will come."
- Date: May 23, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Operation Moonwatch created an international network of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer sky-watchers of both genders and from every walk-of-life. These citizen-scientists joined professional astronomers to track and report on satellites travelling through the night sky. Food and location played a role in keeping volunteers engaged with Operation Moonwatch.
The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 2 of 2: Who and How, and Why It Matters
- Date: September 10, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: The historical legacy of amatuer photographer Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) is far greater than was acknowledged at the time, because of both who he photographed and how he set up the images.
Dr. Evelyn G. Mitchell
- Date: April 7, 2020
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Discover the life and career of an early public health heroine.
Agnes Chase Appointed Assistant in Systematic Agrostology
- Date: 1907
- Creator: Hitchcock, A. S (Albert Spear) 1865-1935
- Creator: Hitchcock, A. S (Albert Spear) 1865-1935
- Blog Post
Link Love: 3/11/2011
- Date: March 11, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 3/22/2019
- Date: March 22, 2019
- 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.
Frederick Seitz (1911-2008), Ava Helen Miller Pauling (1903-1981), Detlev Wulf Bronk (1897-1975), and Paul Weiss
- Date: 1963
- Creator: Davis, Fremont 1915-1977
- Blog Post
Link Love: 3/26/2010
- Date: March 26, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="193" caption="Camel cigarette advertisement from Vanity Fair, 1934, by Unknown creator, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, ID: SIL7-78-03."][/caption] Cigarettes and gardenias . . . The Smithsonian Institution Libraries blog checks out old trade literature on women, commerce, and society. Beautiful digital flipbooks at Mediastorm. I
