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Photo of Katherine Johnson, NASA.

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Remembering NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Dr. Elizabeth Harmon. Photo by Michael Barnes, courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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Dr. Elizabeth Harmon Uncovers the Histories of Smithsonian Women in Science
Susan B. Anthony stamp, National Postal Museum. © United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

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200 Years after Susan B. Anthony’s Birth, Examining Her Role in the History of Women’s Voting Rights
Octavia Butler's typewriter; Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum

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Keys to the Future: Octavia Butler's Typewriter
Because of Her Story interns from Summer 2019.

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Paid Summer Internship Application Now Open
Ruth Asawa incarceration camp ID, National Portrait Gallery.

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Nine Women’s History Stories from across the Smithsonian
Women working as Harvard computers. Photo courtesy of Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.

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Podcast Episode: Cars, Stars, and Rock ’n’ Roll
Erica, one of the teens from The Salon camera crew, gets her hair braided by renowned artist and film subject Crowezilla. Photo by Theodus Green, courtesy of ARTLAB.

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“All These Pieces of Who I Am:” Teens Document Black Hair Experience in Hirshhorn ARTLAB’s “The Salon”
Marian Anderson / William Henry Johnson /c. 1945, Oil on paperboard /Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of the Harmon Foundation

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Five Performances by Trailblazing Singer Marian Anderson

Remembering NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson