Results for "Women"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 18-129, Smithsonian Institution Office of Advancement Smithsonian Women's Committee, Website Records, 2017
- Date: 2017
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Advancement. Smithsonian Women's Committee
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 14-081, Smithsonian Institution Office of Advancement Smithsonian Women's Committee, Website Records, 2014
- Date: 2014
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Advancement. Smithsonian Women's Committee
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Kathleen Varnell
- Date: September 15, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Preserving Her Legacy: Coming Together to Preserve the Legacy of Women Scientists on Wikipedia
- Date: April 17, 2012
- Description: Wikipedians and staff partnered together to improve Wikipedia content about women scientists who are found in the Archives.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Evelyn Hankins
- Date: January 30, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Dr. Evelyn Hankins, Senior Curator, has worked for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden since 2007. She curated major exhibitions, such as Directions: Jennie C. Jones: Higher Resonance (2013), Robert Irwin: All the Rules Will Change (2016), and Mark Bradford Pickett's Charge (2017–2021). Hankins has also been a vocal advocate for increased women's leadership in the art
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila Machlis Alexander
- Date: May 5, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Women Managing the Smithsonian
- Date: March 17, 2020
- Description: Meet some of the women who have managed aspects of the Smithsonian since the 1850s.
Wikipedia & Women in Science: Smithsonian Groundbreakers Edit-a-thon
- Date: August 24, 2020
- Description: Help us increase the representation of women in science on Wikipedia!
Women Carrying out the Work of Change in the 1970s
- Date: January 5, 2021
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Wonder Woman 1984 features fictional Smithsonian women in science trying to change the world. Let’s examine how real-life women pushed for change at the Smithsonian in the 1970s and created new opportunities for women at work.
Early 20th-Century Women Computers at the Smithsonian
- Date: August 12, 2021
- Description: Learn about Florence A. Graves, Gladys Thurlby Bond, and Nancy Prichard, three 20th century women computers who advanced solar research.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ellen Roney Hughes
- Date: April 26, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Cultural historian, Dr. Ellen Roney Hughes, National Museum of American History, was a nominating committee member for the Women's Sports Hall of Fame and procured Muhammad Ali's robe and gloves from his "Rumble in the Jungle" fight against George Foreman for the museum. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Edie Mayo
- Date: September 7, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Curator emeritus of Political History, Edie Mayo, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, was a longtime advocate for women’s representation in history - “visibility in the past equals empowerment in the future.” #Groundbreaker