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  1. A woman stands in front of a glass case with dresses on mannequins.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Anthea M. Hartig

    • Date: May 15, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Anthea M. Hartig, Elizabeth MacMillan Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, became the first woman to ever lead the museum in 2019. She oversees more than 250 employees, a budget of $40 million, and 1.8 million objects. #Groundbreaker

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  3. A woman wearing a Smithsonian hat with the sunburst logo stands in a field, while holding a bird. She is smiling at the camera.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison

    • Date: March 6, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Research Scientist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center since 2014, works with large marine vertebrates, including pinnipeds and seabirds. She is the Program Manager of the Migratory Connectivity Project, which aims to use technologies to track bird species throughout their annual cycle. #Groundbreaker

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  5. A woman wearing a lab coat studies a paper with a dried plant attached. Test tubes are on the desk in front of her.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Joan W. Nowicke

    • Date: November 13, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Joan W. Nowicke, Curator, Department of Botany, was an internationally recognized palynologist specializing in pollen morphology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1972–99. Nowicke earned special recognition in the 1980s for her work studying “Yellow Rain,” which some governments alleged was a form of chemical biological warfare. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Two men and one woman speak outdoors. The woman is at the center.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Sharon F. Patton

    • Date: September 25, 2019
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dr. Sharon F. Patton, Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, 2003-2008, oversaw the museum’s 9,000 African art objects and welcomed the distinguished Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection. Under her leadership, the museum opened its first traveling exhibition and established a visiting artists program. #Groundbreaker

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  9. Forensic ornithologist, Roxie Collie Laybourne, created the field of forensic ornithology which has improved air safety through the use of bird data, by making modifications to flight plans and creating programs to scare away birds at some airports. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Roxie Collie Laybourne

    • Date: August 19, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Forensic ornithologist, Roxie Collie Laybourne, created the field of forensic ornithology which has improved air safety through the use of bird data, by making modifications to flight plans and creating programs to scare away birds at some airports. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Van der Van der Reyden stands behind a conservator working on a document at a desk.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dianne van der Reyden

    • Date: March 17, 2021
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Dianne van der Reyden was a paper conservator at the Smithsonian from 1981 to 2002. She was hired by the National Museum of American History in 1981 and was promoted to senior paper conservator and head of the paper conservation section before transferring to the Smithsonian’s Conservation Analytical Laboratory in 1984. There, van der Reyden was promoted to head of paper

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  13. Portrait of Cynthia Chavez Lamar. Her hair is shoulder-length and she had bangs. Her top is black and gray. Her arms are crossed and she is smiling toward the camera. She is wearing a silver necklace with a turquoise stone at the center.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar

    • Date: January 26, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: Last week, Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar was named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Chavez Lamar has worked at the Museum throughout her career, from an internship in 1994 to her current role as acting associate director for collections and operations. Between 2000 and 2005, she was an associate curator, leading the work on “Our Lives,” one of

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  15. Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (b. 1921)

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dora Jean Dougherty Strother

    • Date: August 21, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Elise Depew Strang L'Esperance (1878-1959), M.D. and professor of pathology

    Women in Science Wednesday: Elise Depew Strang L'Esperance

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

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  19. Plant physiologist Helen Kemp Archbold Porter (1899-1987) was the first woman to hold a chair at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Helen Kemp Archbold Porter

    • Date: July 30, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  21. Marion Winifred Sheahan, R.N. (1892-1994), a pioneer in public health nursing, s

    Women in Science Wednesday: Marion Winifred Sheahan, R.N.

    • Date: November 20, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  23. Marjorie Van de Water (1900-1962) won several journalism awards for diligent coverage of advances psychology and sociology.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Marjorie Van de Water

    • Date: February 19, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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