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Health & Wellness Smithsonian American Women's History …

WEBHealth & Wellness. Before the modern medical age, women within many communities served as midwives. In the late 19th century, the rise of formal medical training sparked …

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Isabel Morgan Answered Big Questions About Polio

WEBIsabel Morgan was a microbiologist who studied the development of immunity to polio viruses. While working at Johns Hopkins University in 1948, she successfully …

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Women Who Helped Heal and Strengthen Their Communities

WEB1. Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser. Tintype of a woman carrying a medical bag, from around the 1890s. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African …

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Women of Public Health Smithsonian American Women's History

WEBWomen have always been leaders in the field of public health. Today, they comprise 76% of all healthcare workers in the United States. They serve as caretakers, doctors, …

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Henrietta Lacks (HeLa): The Mother of Modern Medicine

WEBBorn into a family of impoverished tobacco farmers, Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951) had an immense global impact on medicine, although her controversial story was ignored, …

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Twelve Black Women to Know

WEBBy Ashleigh D. Coren of the National Portrait Gallery, Meredith Holmgren of Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Anya Montiel of the National Museum of the …

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To Live and Breathe: Environmental Justice in Their Own Words

WEBBy Rachel F. Seidman, curator of women’s environmental history at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum.She curated the upcoming exhibition To …

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Hair Care Smithsonian American Women's History

WEBThis section includes products such as shampoos, hair dyes, and hair nets. The text below provides some historical context and shows how we can use these products to explore …

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Vital Midwives Smithsonian American Women's History Museum

WEBCurators at the National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased this tintype at auction in 2014 because it provided rare visual evidence of a nineteenth …

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Gladys Tantaquidgeon

WEBGladys Tantaquidgeon (1899–2005) brought an Indigenous worldview to her ethnobotanical research among the Delaware, Nanticoke, Cayuga, and Wampanoag tribes of the East …

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Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the Weekend, Minimum …

WEBAfter witnessing the factory fire, Perkins devoted her career to improving working conditions for Americans. Already a recognized authority in worker health and …

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Women of Public Health

WEBThe Smithsonian’s extensive collections reflect a long and strong historical record of women's contributions to public health. Learn more

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LGBTQ+ Women Who Made History Smithsonian American …

WEBIn May 2019, the city of New York announced plans to honor LGBTQ+ activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera with a statue. The city of New York …

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Dr. Mary Walker Smithsonian American Women's History Museum

WEBBorn into a world with clearly defined gender roles, Mary Walker (1832–1919) defied them all. One of America’s first female physicians, she believed that restrictive clothing such …

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The History of Mother’s Day: From Global Peace to Greeting Cards

WEBMother’s Day in the United States has a history all its own—and it’s more complicated than greeting cards might lead you to believe. There were repeated efforts …

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Twelve Asian American and Pacific Islander Women to Know

WEBBy Healoha Johnston of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Sara Cohen of Because of Her Story May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander …

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Michelle Obama's Pruning Shears

WEBFirst ladies have championed causes and used their position to raise issues of concern with the president and the public. Several modern first ladies have launched their own …

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Rachel Carson Inspired Americans to Speak out about Pollution

WEBSilent Spring was, without a doubt, Carson's most controversial of the four books she wrote during her lifetime.Makers and users of pesticides like DDT spoke out …

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Wilma Mankiller Led as the First Woman Principal Chief of the …

WEBBy Sarah Ramirez, fall 2021 intern for the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story Today the U.S. Mint released a quarter featuring …

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