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Effie Kapsalis at Smithsonian Open Access launch, February 2020
Effie Kapsalis at Smithsonian Open Access launch, with Andrew Lih and Kelly Doyle
It is with great sadness to report that Effie Kapsalis passed away on December 11, 2022. Please help us honor Effie's memory by editing about Smithsonian women on Wikipedia and Wikidata on January 8th and 9th. This topic was near and dear to Effie as she was a fierce advocate for open access, Wikipedia, and women's history.
If you'd like to share your memories of Effie, please do so
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In addition to joining the editing in January, please contribute to this effort by adding below any articles to create or to edit on Wikipedia, or properties to create or edit on Wikidata.
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January 8 and January 9, 2023
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Virtual / Global / Local in-person meetups
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Smithsonian AWHI edit-a-thon, 2019, one of Effie's favorite photos from our Smithsonian Wiki events
Washington, DC: January 9th @ Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Register here to attend in-person or for Zoom link
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Terri Burns , Computer scientist
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Louise Goodman (artist) , Navajo folk artist and ceramicist
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Katherine Ralls , American zoologist and conservationist
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Mary Hagedorn , US marine biologist specialized in physiology
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Erminnie A. Smith , American linguist, geologist and anthropologist. There are several books that focus on her work as well as links to articles that can be found in the
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Katharine Jeannette Bush , American zoologist. Article contains external links that can be used to expand article. Also internet archive has books that can be borrowed if editor makes an account as well as other articles and books that mention her. See
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Joan W. Nowicke , American palynologist.
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Mary E. Tusch , the "Mother of Aviators"
Anjali Chadha , Biological Engineer
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Thomas H. Kapsalis , American Artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Noris Salazar Allen , first researcher in Panama to specialize in the study of bryophytes
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Kellyn LaCour-Conant , Indigenous restoration ecologist
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Elisavet Contaxaki , Cretan author and activist. Created a one off treasure of a book that is held in the Smithsonian Libraries. See
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Mary Eliza Knapp , previous owner of what is now the
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park .
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Evelyn Walton Ordway (1853 - 1928) American chemist, university professor and suffragist. Her research was discussed in the
Smithsonian Annual Report of 1881 . A selection of references can be found attached to her
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Florence A. Graves computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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Inez A. Ensign , human computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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Esther Weaver , computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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Olive A. Greeley , assistant field director and bolometer assistant for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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Sara Gwendolen Foulke American zoologist (1863-1936), her and her work are discussed in
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Frances Eliza Babbitt American archaeologist (1824 - 1891), her and her work are discussed in
the Smithsonian Annual Reports in 1884. She published at least one paper on her work as mentioned
here and she's been discussed in several books including a chapter entitled
"Frances Eliza Babbitt and the Growth of Professionalism of Women in Archaeology" as well as in
Cultural Negotiations:The Role of Women in the Founding of Americanist Archaeology . More references can also be found in her
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Maude C. Rhoderick , computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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Lena Hill , computer for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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Nettie L. Stroman , volunteer with the National Zoological Park,
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Catherine Scott (librarian) , chief librarian for the National Air and Space Museum,
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Sophy Parfin , entomologist for the National Museum of Natural History,
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Constance G. Andre , remote sensing analyst
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Patsy Ann McLaughlin , carcinologist for the National Museum of Natural History,
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Suzanne Ripley , primatologist for the National Zoological Park,
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Gertrude Sinsheimer (or Sinscheimer) , American botanist and collector,
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Elsie McElroy Slater , writer, artist, and naturalist,
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Kellyn LaCour-Conant ,Indigenous restoration ecologist
Bea Mendez-Gandica , tech founder and computer security at Microsoft
Afua Bruce , engineer, data executive, professor, and former U.S. government official
Janis Louie , Chemist and Professor
Terri Burns , Computer scientist
Erin Smith , Founder of FacePrint
Becca Peixotto , Archaeologist
Anjali Chadha , Biological Engineer
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Sara Gwendolen Foulke
Elisavet Contaxaki - if the SI could make an image available of her book that would be fab!
Noris Salazar Allen - would be amazing if SI could make an image available
Mary Eliza Knapp
Frances Eliza Babbitt
Evelyn Walton Ordway
Thomas H. Kapsalis
Constance Philpitt Warner
Eunice Makepeace Towle
Catherine Scott (librarian) , chief librarian for the National Air and Space Museum
Olive A. Greeley
Kapsalis - surname page
Josephine W. Cooper , geologist married to Smithsonian paleobiologist - used one of Effie's Wonderful Women Wednesday blog posts as a reference
Sophy Parfin
Dawn Nichols Walden , artist
Vivian Wang , artist
Draft:Maude C. Rhoderick Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory computer and Fisheries Bureau clerk; submitted draft for review because I was working from a draft template, so any help with converting to article welcome!
Aime M. Awl - scientific illustrator who worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. National Museum
May Belle Hutson Chitwood - author, nematologist, helminthologist, and zoologist
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Erminnie A. Smith
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Draft:Maude C. Rhoderick
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