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How about some women's history for your Wednesday? Today we're sharing stories and objects from women who have shaped America with
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Eileen Collins made history again in July 1999 as the first woman to command a shuttle mission on STS-93. Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz photographed Collins at Johnson Space Center that same year.
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In 1773 at age 20, Phillis Wheatley became the 1st African-American woman to publish a book of poetry, even though she was enslaved. Read her book via our Digital Library: https://s.si.edu/2Jf8DUI
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25 years ago today, Space Shuttle Discovery launched on STS-63 with the first woman space shuttle pilot, Eileen Collins.
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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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Lorraine Hansberry channeled her family's personal experience of housing discrimination into "A Raisin in the Sun," but the play spoke to an experience many African Americans faced. This portrait of her by David Attie is in the collection of
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Dr. Maxine Smith fearlessly fought civil injustices in Memphis, TN. Her inspiration came in 1957 when she was denied admission based on her race into a doctoral program at then Memphis State University.
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#VictoriaWoodhull was a spiritualist, worked on Wall Street, and was the 1st woman to run for president. She argued the best way to achieve the vote was to get arrested voting & pursue access to the ballot through the courts.#WomenAtTheCenter#BecauseOfHerStory pic.twitter.com/5jAUH6VHdw
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Hazel Dickens was a bluegrass performer at a time when the genre was dominated by men, and an advocate for women + workers. Along with Alice Gerrard, she empowered countless woman musicians to succeed without sacrificing integrity.
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Smithsonian botanist and suffragist Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work in S. America. Denied access to funded expeditions because she was a woman, she self-financed many of her own research trips.
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In “Strange Fruit,” Billie Holiday calls attention to lynching. Originally published as a poem by Abel Meeropol in 1937, Holiday first recorded the song in 1939 Time named it the best song of the century
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Mary Jane Rathbun named Maryland's beloved blue crab- Callinectes sapidus- a name which means "beautiful & tasty swimmer"!
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Who was Lucy Stone and why is
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The Congressional Gold Medal recognized the WASP as a "catalyst for revolutionary reform in the integration of women pilots into the Armed Services." Explore more
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In the 1890s, Kittie Knox, an African-American bicyclist from Boston, broke racial barriers to enter (and win) cycling races & contests.
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Just ask Miss Weiss” was a common refrain around the Smithsonian for 40 years, because Helena Weiss did it all as Smithsonian’s registrar. For the first time, you can explore her full oral history transcript online
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Susan Fenimore Cooper was one of the 1st American environmentalists and one of the 1st American women to write essays on nature. Her most famous work, "Rural Hours" (1850), is a seasonal journal chronicling the biodiversity around Otsego County, New York.
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This touch watch belonged to Helen Keller. It allowed her to feel the time. (It was originally given to a diplomat to allow him to tell the time in meetings without overtly checking his watch)
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The first student to earn a fine arts degree from Howard University, African American artist Alma Thomas (1891– 1978) spent years as a teacher, dedicating herself completely to painting only after she retired.
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: “Earth Sermon—Beauty, Love and Peace" 1971
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Rachel Carson’s (1907-1964) love of animals & nature were at the foundation of her pioneering & influential career. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University, she worked for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, a traditionally male-dominated agency.
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