National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC
View photographs, portraits, research tools and apparatus, and publications of pioneering American women scientists.
Scientists whose accomplishments are noted include Astronomer Maria Mitchell, Carcinologist Mary Jane Rathbun, Botanist Kate Furbish, Geologist Florence Bascom, as well as the first woman admitted to a professional scientific school, Ellen Swallow Richards.
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