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Vera Rubin among the many globes she collected. Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

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A First: National U.S. Observatory Named for a Female Astronomer
Mary Jane Rathbun (1860-1943), carcinologist at the National Museum of Natural History, at her desk examining crab specimens. Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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Smithsonian Women in Science in the Nineteenth Century
Edmonia Lewis, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

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Podcast Episode: Finding Cleopatra
Because of Her Story: The Funk List
Read All About It: Smithsonian American Women Release Day
Watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (Ada Lovelace) by Alfred Edward Chalon [Public domain]

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Women on Wikipedia: Ada Lovelace Day
Massachusetts Maritime Academy

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Smithsonian Snapshot: The Latina Pilot Who Broke Barriers
Rolling With the Women of Roller Derby
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Women of Apollo

A First: National U.S. Observatory Named for a Female Astronomer