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  1. Biochemist Lina Solomonova Stern (1878-1968), professor of physiology at the University of Moscow, did pioneering work on the blood-brain barrier.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lina Solomonova Stern

    • Date: August 20, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  3. Magazine writer Lois Mattox Miller won an Albert and Mary Lasker Award in 1958

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lois Mattox Miller

    • Date: December 11, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  5. Lucile Petry Leone (1902-1999), founding director of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps

    Women in Science Wednesday: Lucile Petry Leone

    • Date: October 30, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  7. Geneticist and cytologist Margaret Mann Lesley (1891-1988) published extensively with her husband James W. Lesley (1888-1982) on tomato breeding and genetics. She was known for her cytological analyses.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Margaret Mann Lesley

    • Date: June 18, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  9. Sinclair Oil Company paleontologist Marion Schmidt Escallon (1912-2003) was the first woman employed as a petroleum exploration geologist at both the Sinclair and Texaco oil companies.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Marion Schmidt Escallon

    • Date: September 17, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. Eugene H. Payne and Mildred Catherine Rebstock (1919-2011). Payne was the first person to use chloromycetin on humans and Rebstock, the leader of the Parke-Davis Research Laboratories team, was the first person to synthesize the drug.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mildred Catherine Rebstock

    • Date: September 24, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  13. Mildred Clare Scoville (1892?-1969)

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mildred Clare Scoville

    • Date: November 27, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  15. Penelope Jo Parsons [Maddy] won the Science Talent Search with her exhibit,

    Women in Science Wednesday: Penelope Jo Parsons

    • Date: January 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Regina Flannery Herzfeld (1904-2004) was one of the first female anthropologists

    Women in Science Wednesday: Regina Flannery Herzfeld

    • Date: September 25, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  19. Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Alice Cunningham Fletcher

    • Date: October 5, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher (left), contributor to the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, was one of the 1st female ethnologists, a founding member of the American Anthropological Association, and the 1st female president of the American Folklore Society. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Alice R. Tangerini, National Museum of Natural History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Alice R. Tangerini

    • Date: August 24, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Alice R. Tangerini became the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany's first staff illustrator in 1972, and she has illustrated over 1500 species of plants. #Groundbreaker

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  23. Portrait of Ann M. Seeger

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ann M. Seeger

    • Date: December 21, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Ann M. Seeger, curator emeritus, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, managed the chemistry and biological sciences collection, and is an expert in science education apparatus and balances and weights.v#Groundbreaker

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