Painting of Henrietta Lacks standing against a background with a repeating geometric Flower of Life motif. She wears a hat and pearls and she holds a Bible.
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Henrietta Lacks (HeLa): The Mother of Modern Medicine
Draped sumptuous pink fabric frames rows of black-and-white photos and an arrangement of found objects including a fan, bracelets, painted fruit, dried flowers, and lace, all set in a niche.
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A Latina Star and Hollywood Success
Green book cover and white text reading "SILENT SPRING."
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Rachel Carson
Jean Ritchie sits in a field, holding a plucked dulcimer. She stares off into the distance, thoughtful.
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Jean Ritchie
A tintype occupational portrait of a woman, likely a doctor or possibly a nurse or midwife, carrying a medical bag. The woman is standing tall at the center of the image, looking directly at the camera. She carries a medical bag in her proper left hand.
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Vital Midwives
This artifact is a Development Test Model (DTM) for the Voyager spacecraft.
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The Women of Voyager
Scientific illustration of Arthrostylidium sarmentosum, a bamboo.
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Agnes Chase's Scientific Illustration
Miss America Crown from 1951 - a tiara with many uncolored gemstones.
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Yolande Betbeze's Miss America Crown
An African American woman looks out of frame. Next to her the title of the play is written in cursive rainbow letters: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
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for colored girls Playbill Art, 1977
Ruby Hirose sits at a lab station. She wears a white lab coat and holds a pipette.
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Ruby Hirose
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