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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Nancy Bercaw

    • Date: December 27, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Nancy Bercaw, co-curator of the “Slavery and Freedom” exhibit, National Museum of African American History and Culture, oversaw a slave cabin's move from Edisto Island, South Carolina to the Smithsonian: “I have to see it where it was...I felt like I needed to meet people as well.” #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anne Van Camp

    • Date: January 31, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Outgoing Director, Anne Van Camp, Smithsonian Institution Archives, developed economic models for long-term digital record preservation on NSF’s Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, and she greatly increased access to and stewardship of the Archives’ collections. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Betty Meggers

    • Date: January 11, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Betty Meggers, Director of the Latin American Archaeology Program, National Museum of Natural History, and her husband, Clifford Evans, were the first archaeologists to study ancient Amazonians and they revolutionized thinking about early human activity in the Amazon rainforest. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Catherine Eagleton

    • Date: March 15, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Melinda Zeder

    • Date: July 18, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Rhea Combs

    • Date: November 29, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: As head of the Center for African American Media Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture, curator Dr. Rhea Combs leads effort to collect, preserve, and make accessible an extensive collection of films, photographs, and recordings documenting African American history. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Cari Corrigan

    • Date: February 15, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Watch Dr. Corrigan give a tour of the meteorite collections. Geologist & Curator of Antarctic Meteorites, Dr. Cari Corrigan, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, studies meteorites from the Moon, Mars and asteroids to understand how the Solar System formed and how the impact cratering process affects these planetary materials. #Groundbreaker

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  15. Staff Scientist Emirata, Dr. Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, studies why some organisms live in societies & is noted for arguing that phenotypic & developmental plasticity play a key role in sharing animal evolution. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Mary Jane West-Eberhard

    • Date: July 1, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Staff Scientist Emirata, Dr. Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, studies why some organisms live in societies & is noted for arguing that phenotypic & developmental plasticity play a key role in sharing animal evolution. #Groundbreaker

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    Women in Science Wednesday: Wikipedia Edition, Part 3!

    • Date: March 23, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey now has a Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers. Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey now has Wikipedia page thanks to our volunteers.

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dorothy T. Van Arsdale

    • Date: December 4, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dorothy T. Van Arsdale, Chief, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1964–70, managed logistics for traveling exhibitions around the world. A major part of her role was negotiating with host countries about shipping, transportation, conservation, and more. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira

    • Date: July 31, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Forest Ecologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2012–present, leads the ForestGEO Ecosystems and Climate Program. In 2019, she won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. #Groundbreaker

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    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet

    • Date: June 26, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Marie-Hélène Sachet joined the Smithsonian in 1966 as a special advisor in tropical botany at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. When the program ended in 1968, she was transferred to the Department of Botany, where she remained, eventually serving as a curator in the division, until her death in 1986. #Groundbreaker

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