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  1. Curator Emeritus, Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Bernice Johnson Reagon

    • Date: October 12, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Curator Emeritus, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, founded the Sweet Honey in the Rock music group, was a distinguished professor of history at American University, and was a MacArthur Fellow. #Groundbreaker

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  3. Cynthia Adams Hoover, Curator of Musical Instruments, National Museum of American History

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Cynthia Adams Hoover

    • Date: June 15, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Cynthia Adams Hoover was Curator of Musical Instruments, National Museum of American History, for over 40 years, co-founded the American Musical Instrument Society, and is an expert on the history of the piano. #Groundbreaker

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  5. Color photo of former Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough and Pamela Henson receiving award.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Pamela Henson

    • Date: September 6, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Smithsonian Institution Archives historian and American University professor, Dr. Pamela Henson, has managed the Smithsonian's oral history program recording important moments in Smithsonian history since 1974, and received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service in 2014. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Frances Benjamin Johnston

    • Date: June 22, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston trained under the Smithsonian's first photographer, Thomas Smillie, and opened her own photography studio in 1894, the only female to do so at the time. #Groundbreaker

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  9. Brazilian aviation expert and pilot Anesia Pinheiro Machado (1902-1999) was the first person to obtain a U.S. commercial pilot's license with additional ratings as instructor. She had made her first solo flight in 1922, at the age of 18 and was the first Brazilian woman to make a cross-country flight.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Anesia Pinheiro Machado

    • Date: June 25, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  11. First hired by Harvard College Observatory to carry out astronomical calculations, Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) eventually became one of the foremost American astronomers, known especially for her work on variable stars.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Annie Jump Cannon

    • Date: June 4, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  13.  Charlotte Gower Chapman (1902-1982), ethnologist, author, anthropologist, priso

    Women in Science Wednesday: Charlotte Gower Chapman

    • Date: September 4, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  15. Chemist Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952), an expert on the refrigeration of perishable foods, was chosen by the American Chemical Society as the 1940 recipient of the Francis P. Garvan Gold Medal to honor outstanding achievement in science by a woman.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Engle Pennington

    • Date: July 23, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  17. Marine biologist Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) served as chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1973-1975, and as governor of Washington State, 1977-1981.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dixy Lee Ray

    • Date: April 2, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  19. Dr. Yo Matsubara, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, studies the environment of early Mars using simulation models that can help scientists understand the degradation of craters, which can shed light on the geologic history of the red planet. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Yo Matsubara

    • Date: October 7, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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  21. Biologist and geneticist Elizabeth Shull Russell (1913-2001)

    Women in Science Wednesday: Elizabeth Shull Russell

    • Date: December 4, 2013
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A weekly feature highlighting a groundbreaking woman in science.

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  23. Biologist Gertrude Van Wagenen (1893-1978) served on the faculty at Yale and did pioneering studies of rhesus monkeys.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Gertrude Van Wagenen

    • Date: September 3, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis

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