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  1. As we count down the days to our Valentine's Day Card Workshop this weekend, we're sharing a photo blog recapping the 2019 Annual Holiday Card Workshop! Join us this Saturday 2/8 or Sunday 2/9 from 10am-4pm & hand-make valentines to your heart's content!💌

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  2. Following the 1982 issue, Robinson’s likeness appeared on stamps released in 1999 and 2000. Jackie Robinson’s legacy is represented in our upcoming exhibit "Baseball: America's Home Run" opening summer 2020.

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  3. Jackie Robinson was born in 1919. The legendary second baseman broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947 and was also the very first baseball player to be featured on a US postage stamp in 1982. ©USPS; all rights reserved.

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    Check out our latest blog post about Trailblazing accessibility project with and :

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  5. This 6-cent postage stamp marking the 100th anniversary of professional baseball was issued in 1969. We’re beginning to count down the days until “Baseball: America’s Home Run” opens at the National Postal Museum this summer! Find out more: ©USPS

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    Learn more women’s history with more than 60 objects on our website—and with more than 300 objects in ’s “Smithsonian American Women.”

    Book cover with grid of objects like skateboard and tiara, and portraits of women. Title: Smithsonian American Women, remarkable objects and stories of strength, ingenuity, and vision from the nation collection.
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  7. We’re looking forward to revisiting Ride and her philatelic interests with you in March for Women’s History Month! Read stories from across museums of other women trailblazers in the fields of science and innovation:

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  8. To honor the astronaut, scientist, educator, and pioneer, USPS fittingly issued a Sally Ride postage stamp in 2018. Ride’s albums are new to our collection, so we are still in the process of imaging and caring for the many pages.

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  9. Among her many national and international space stamps, we came across one for Valentina Tereshkova (the first female Soviet cosmonaut, traveling around earth 48 times in 1963) and, of course, a four block of Amelia Earhart’s classic 1963 postage stamp.

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  10. You may know Dr. Sally Ride – America’s first woman in space – but did you know she was a stamp collector? And we are lucky to have recently accessioned her stamp albums!

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  11. Read stories from across museums of other women trailblazers in the fields of science and innovation:

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  12. Among her many awards, McClintock was the first woman to receive an unshared Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983. USPS honored her achievements in 2005 with a stamp as part of the "American Scientists" Issue.

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  13. Dr. Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) researched the suppression and expression of certain genetic traits from one generation to another and developed theories that linked particular genes to physical traits. ©USPS; all rights reserved.

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  14. Read stories from across museums of other women who have made an indelible impact on America's collective historical narrative, and our understanding of this complex history:

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  15. The portrait of Hurston on the stamp was adapted from a 1934 photograph taken by Carl Van Vechten. The background -a sunrise over a river & a tree dripping with Spanish moss - attempts to portray the scenery of Hurston's novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God.”

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  16. As a fiction writer, Hurston is noted for her metaphorical language, her story-telling, and her interest in & celebration of Southern, African-American culture in the US. This postage stamp was issued in 2003 as part of the "Literary Arts Series."

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  17. Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was one of America’s most original and accomplished writers, and a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and early 1930s. ©USPS; all rights reserved.

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  18. Read stories from across museums of other women who made significant contributions in the fields of health & wellness:

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  19. Carson testified before Congress and called for improved ecological awareness, thereby catalyzing the environmental movements that followed. USPS commemorated Carson with this postage stamp in 1981 as part of the "Great Americans" Issue.

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  20. A prolific writer, Carson published many works on sea life & other ecological subjects. She entered the national stage in 1962 with her groundbreaking book, "Silent Spring," which highlighted the destructive effects of synthetic pesticides on the environment.

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