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We're honored to have "Silent Sky" on this list!
#FordsSky#WomenInSTEM#WomenInScience#becauseofherstory https://twitter.com/atourofherown/status/1225161524672634884 …
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In 2016, sabre fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first female Muslim-American athlete to wear a hijab while competing for the U.S. in the Olympics. She is also the first female Muslim-American athlete to earn a medal at the Olympics.
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#NationalGirlsandWomeninSportsDay, read about the amazing "Summer of the Women" during the 1996 Olympics in SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN.#BecauseOfHerStory http://ow.ly/UmNE30qdXR2 -
Elizabeth Keckley used needle and thread to make a difference. Discover her story.
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For more women’s history at the Smithsonian, tune into our blog on the first Tuesday of each month for posts from Dr. Elizabeth Harmon, our curator with the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative. http://s.si.edu/WomensHistoryBlogs … (
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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
#BlackHistoryMonth
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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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#OnThisDay in 1961, Anna May Wong died. Wong was the first Chinese-American Hollywood film star. Her lengthy career included radio, stage, TV, and movie roles.#HistoryMonday#BecauseOfHerStory pic.twitter.com/N2BuT5R7jH -
“All These Pieces of Who I Am:” Teens Document Black Hair Experience in Hirshhorn ARTLAB’s “The Salon” https://womenshistory.si.edu/news/2020/01/%E2%80%9Call-these-pieces-who-i-am%E2%80%9D-teens-document-black-hair-experience-hirshhorn-artlab%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9C …
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Last night, John W. Warner IV attended Amelia Earhart: Legend and Legacy at the
@smithsonian. Afterwards, John talked with the curator at the Air and Space Museum to show her photos of his grandfather, Andrew Mellon, with Amelia#BecauseofHerstory pic.twitter.com/Eta58LlWN1
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In late January 1929, 17-year-old aviator Elinor Smith established a women's endurance record with a 13 hour 16 minute flight in her Brunner-Winkle Bird: https://s.si.edu/3aSgfsC
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Follow along with
#BecauseOfHerStory to hear about some amazing#WomenInScience from@Smithsonian and beyond!https://twitter.com/SmithsonianArch/status/1222596223485399040 …
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Since yesterday,
#volunpeers have already transcribed 125 pages (& counting!) of materials from Blanche Stuart Scott's collection - making her story more accessible to researchers around the world.

Join in
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Can't get enough of these
#BecauseOfHerStory histories!!
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With the help of NAACP giants including Thurgood Marshall, Esther sued and won a court case that desegregated the School of Nursing See Esther’s nurse’s cap and learn more in our Permanent Exhibition. Follow the hashtag
#BecauseOfHerStory for more stories of female trailblazers. pic.twitter.com/ajTxmEIUUt
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Augusta Mosley Cooper, Wilmington native &
@HowardU grad, worked as a social worker & was the first African American woman to run for@CityofWilm city council in 1969. She lost in a run-off election.#BecauseofHerStory#NCHerStory#SheChangedtheWorldpic.twitter.com/3Pq8XbwbMt
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The sculptor Edmonia Lewis, “really broke through every obstacle," says the Smithsonian's Karen Lemmey.
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Florence Griffith Joyner is known as the fastest woman of all time!
Read stories from across @Smithsonian museums of other women who set records, broke down barriers, and made history in sports. https://s.si.edu/38Dvbc7#BecauseOfHerStory pic.twitter.com/dSY6dWH58w
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