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Cover of Hispanic magazine, April 1993. Gift of Linda Alvarado.

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Three Latinas Who Made Baseball History
Photo of Lisa Sasaki, Interim Director of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, by Emmanuel Mones

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Bringing the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum to Life
Photo of Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn by Addison Doty.

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Meet American Women’s History Initiative Director Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn
Mickalene Thomas illustrated by Shayna Cohen.

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Portrait: A Webcomic about Artist Mickalene Thomas
Edith Renfrow Smith. Drake Community Library Archive Collection.

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How Volunteers at Museums and Archives are Adding American Women’s History to Wikipedia
Elisabeth West FitzHugh examining an Islamic manuscript. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Conservation and Scientific Research department files, 1958-01, photograph by Ray Schwartz.

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Elisabeth West FitzHugh, a Driving Force in Cultural Heritage Science and Conservation
Olympic Bonus: Shredding Skateboarding’s Glass Ceiling
"Marker" by Rania Hassan. Photo courtesy of Golden Triangle BID.

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"Monument and Marker" Celebrates the Communal Power of Making Things
Section of "Snoopy--Early Sun Display on Earth" by Alma Thomas.1970, acrylic on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Vincent Melzac, 1976.140.1.

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Using Science to Uncover Secrets of Alma Thomas

Three Latinas Who Made Baseball History