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  1. Someone out of frame hands McCaffrey a piece of paper. She is seated at her desk, which appears organized. In front of McCaffrey is a box with a paper on it that reads: “If you’re ever blue about what others do, look at them and say to yourself I’m glad I’m not like you.”

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mary Ellen McCaffrey

    • Date: August 17, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Mary Ellen McCaffrey was a powerhouse with the Smithsonian’s Office of Printing and Photographic Services from 1972 until her retirement in 1995. As production control officer, she ensured that the photo orders submitted to the office were processed and completed. Sometimes, those jobs meant the office was required to make reproduction negatives. In other instances, staff

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  3. People sit at desks in a lab area with jars of specimens on shelves. Men and women are pictured.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Roberta W. Rubinoff

    • Date: August 19, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Roberta Wolff Rubinoff was a biologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama between 1965 and 1979. In 1980, she was appointed the assistant director of the Office of Fellowships and Grants in Washington, D.C., and from 1986 to 2001, she served in the top role as director of the office.In Panama, Rubinoff served as the marine sciences coordinator and

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  5. A woman wearing gloves and a man work with a wooden tool on a desk.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Janice Stagnitto Ellis

    • Date: September 16, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Since 2009, Janice Stagnitto Ellis has been the senior paper and book conservator at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Between 1992 and 1999, Ellis worked as a senior book conservator at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. In her current role at the Museum, Ellis supervises the day-to-day operations of the Paper Conservation Lab. She is responsible for the

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  7. Akeju stands at a podium.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Camille Giraud Akeju

    • Date: June 17, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Camille Giraud Akeju was the Director of the Anacostia Community Museum from 2005 to 2016. Under her leadership, the Museum broadened its mission and scope to address the impact of historical and current events on urban communities, both locally and nationally.Before the Smithsonian, Akeju served as the president of the Harlem School of the Arts beginning in 1999. During her

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  9. Alma Whiffen Barksdale (1916-1981) worked as a mycologist at The Upjohn Company, where she discovered cycloheximide, an anti-fungal agent widely used on golf courses and cherry orchards.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Alma Whiffen Barksdale

    • Date: September 10, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. Zoologist Ann Haven Morgan (1882-1966) was the author of Fieldbook of Ponds and Streams (1930) and Animals in Wonder (1939) and was known for her contributions to environmental conservation.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Ann Haven Morgan

    • Date: May 7, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  13. Bertha Parker Pallan [Cody] (1907-1978) is considered one of the first female Native American archaeologists. She hosted a television program with her husband, Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999), explaining Indian history and folklore.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Bertha Parker Pallan

    • Date: January 8, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  15. In 1963, Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997 was considered one of the world's foremost experimental physicists and her team's experiments confirmed the theory of sub-atomic behavior known as

    Women in Science Wednesday: Chien-shiung Wu

    • Date: April 16, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Cornelia Maria Clapp (1849-1934) earned both the first (Syracuse, 1889) and second (Chicago, 1896) biology doctorates awarded to women in the United States.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Cornelia Maria Clapp

    • Date: May 14, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  19. Crystallographer Dorita Anne Norton (1931-1972) was on the faculty at the State University of New York at Buffalo and authored the Atlas of Steroid Structure.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dorita Anne Norton

    • Date: July 9, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Cleofé Calderón

    • Date: September 2, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  23. Estrella Eleanor Carothers (1883-1957) conducted groundbreaking genetics research on the order Orthoptera at the University of Iowa from 1935 to 1941.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Estrella Eleanor Carothers

    • Date: May 21, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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