Description: In Memoriam: Historian and Curator, Dr. Gail Lowe, Anacostia Community Museum, led the Urban Waterway project exploring the connection of local communities with the Anacostia River as an example of urban river communities around the country. #Groundbreaker
Description: Dr. Olivia Cadaval, Curator and Chair of Cultural Research and Education at the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, was part of the movement to coin the term 'Latino:' "We are Spanish speaking. We are minorities. We have to do something to pool our forces."
Description: Dr. Patricia Gossel, chairman of the Science, Medicine and Society Division, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, established the history of biology collection at the museum, studied the history of the contraceptive pill, and published more than two dozen scholarly articles before her death. #Groundbreaker
Description: Curator of textiles, Grace Rogers Cooper, National Museum of History and Technology (now National Museum of American History) was the 1st woman to serve as president of the North American Vexillological Association. #Groundbreaker
Description: Historian Lillian B. Miller was the 1st woman in her family to go to college, became a professor at age 23, was turned down for a job in the 50s since she was pregnant, and due to her seminal work on Charles Wilson Peale, landed a job with our National Portrait Gallery in the 70s. #Groundbreaker
Description: Margaret Brown Klapthor, National Museum of American History, was an expert on White House history, curated the Smithsonian’s First Ladies collection, and wrote several books on First Ladies history. #Groundbreaker