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  1. Portrait of Amy Ballard.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Amy Ballard

    • Date: August 25, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Amy Ballard is a senior historic preservation specialist emerita with the Smithsonian’s Architectural History and Historic Preservation Office, where she worked between 1985 until her retirement in 2016. She was promoted to senior historic preservation specialist in 2010. Ballard has contributed to plans for new buildings, including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the

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  3. Gerharda Wilbrink (1875-1962) was a Dutch plant pathologist who specialized on sugar cane diseases in Java. Wilbrink published on this topic during 1920s and devised a well-known medium for growing bacteria called

    Women in Science Wednesday: Gerharda Wilbrink

    • Date: January 29, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  5. Maud Slye (1879-1954), a pathologist and noted cancer researcher

    Women in Science Wednesday: Maud Slye

    • Date: November 13, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  7. Industrialist Vivien Kellems (1896-1975)

    Women in Science Wednesday: Vivien Kellems

    • Date: November 6, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  9. Anthropologist and Director Emeritus, Diana Parker

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Diana Parker

    • Date: August 10, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Anthropologist and Director Emeritus, Diana Parker (at podium), produced the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival for 25 years and worked in over 40 nations to bring the festival to D.C. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Portrait of Mildred Mott Wedel and Waldo Wedel

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Helen Jagodzinske

    • Date: December 28, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Archaeologist & ethnohistorian Mildred Mott Wedel was appointed Smithsonian research associate, 1974 and was the 1st woman to receive an anthropology fellowship from the University of Chicago. She often worked alongside her husband, Waldo Wedel, and their research on Plains Indians remains important today. #Groundbreaker

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  13. Filmmaker Karen Loveland

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Karen Loveland

    • Date: July 27, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Filmmaker Karen Loveland, produced documentaries related to Smithsonian exhibits for over 30 years and won several Emmy's including one for "Celebrating a Century" about the 1876 bicentennial. #Groundbreaker

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  15. group portrait of scientists

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Linda McCann

    • Date: May 17, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Anthropologist Marvette Pérez, National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marvette Pérez

    • Date: July 20, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Anthropologist Marvette Pérez, National Museum of American History, was the Smithsonian's first Latino history curator, an accomplished percussionist and vocalist, and collector who acquired works representing Latino popular culture & music. #Groundbreaker

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  19. Scientific illustrator, Regina Hughes

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Regina Hughes

    • Date: May 25, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Scientific illustrator, Regina Hughes, was the 1st deaf artist to have her artwork displayed at the National Museum of Natural History and has a species of daisy named after her, Hughesia. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Curator of textiles, Grace Rogers Cooper

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Rodris Roth

    • Date: May 18, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator of textiles, Grace Rogers Cooper, National Museum of History and Technology (now National Museum of American History) was the 1st woman to serve as president of the North American Vexillological Association. #Groundbreaker

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  23. 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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