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.
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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
Internet Archive.
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
this link.
Joan W. Nowicke, American palynologist.
[15],
[16] as well as other references already used in the article.
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
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
here or
here.
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.
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
Internet Archive.
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
this link.
Joan W. Nowicke, American palynologist.
[15],
[16] as well as other references already used in the article.
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