Results for "Women scientists"
Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan (1921-2006) undated
- Date: undated
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Hanna M. Szczepanowska
- Date: June 9, 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.
Re-Prized
- Date: December 9, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Highlight the women scientists in the Archives collections who have broken boundaries to capture the elusive Noble Prize.
Women in Science Wednesday: Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Brown
- Date: July 10, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Jean Milton Berdan
- Date: July 6, 2022
- 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.
- SI History Bibliography
Women in Science : Fifty Fearless Pioneers who Changed the World
- Date: 2016
- Creator: Ignotofsky, Rachel 1989-
- Creator: Ignotofsky, Rachel 1989-
- Blog Post
Case Closed on Bird Stein Gans
- Date: April 24, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: In a post by Smithsonian Institution archivist Tammy Peters, she challenged us to help her identify a few of the women in the women scientists group we posted on the Flickr Commons. We received some great leads, including one from Flickr user Carolyn, aka 'vintage pix'. To correctly identify social scientist Bird Stein Gans (SI Archives had identified as Mrs. Howard S.
In the Name of Science
- Date: February 3, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: As some of you reading this know, we enjoy getting to know fascinating women in science throughout our collections and in the Smithsonian's history. We enjoy it so much that one of us decided we needed a set of LEGO women scientists. Over lunch, we assembled the the sets with some trepidation as it had been years since our previous LEGO adventures. We had fun playing and
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ellen Stofan
- Date: April 18, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Dr. Ellen Stofan, the first woman to be appointed Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, was NASA's chief scientist and a leader in the effort to send humans to Mars. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
- Date: October 11, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Astronaut and earth scientist, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, was the 1st female American astronaut to spacewalk, and was named the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in 2017. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler
- Date: June 20, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Curator of Oceanic Ethnology Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler, Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, is an expert on Tongan dance and was honored by the YWCA as a leading female scientist whose work increased the understanding of native cultures. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Olga Linares
- Date: February 28, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Former Senior Staff Scientist, Dr. Olga Linares, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, greatly expanded the understanding of Central American human evolution, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1992. #Groundbreaker
