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Falk, Nickolas. Harrington, Eileen. Sandoval, Camilla, Library History 79, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-03

In honor of Women’s History Month, this exhibit highlighted the achievements of women in various fields of science and technology. From the 17th…

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Priddy Library and USG Marketing Department, Library History 53, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2013-02

In celebration of Women’s History month, students take part in a photo contest in which they submit pictures of women they wish to recognize. These…

Tags: history, library, photo exhibit, Priddy Library, Shady Grove, USG, women of our world, Women's History Month

Shady Grove Library, Library History 26, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2004-03

The library celebrates Women's History month by showing three documentaries on some of the significant women in history: Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence…

Tags: event, history, library, Shady Grove, USG, Women's History Month

Falk, Nickolas. Harrington, Eileen. Sandoval, Camilla, Women's History Month 10, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-03

Describes Rosalind Franklin's significance to the study of DNA and the lack of acknowledgment for her contributions.

Tags: A form, B form, DNA, dry form, Francis Crick, Franklin, James Watson, Maurice Wilkins, science, wet form, Women's History Month, x-ray crystallography

Falk, Nickolas. Harrington, Eileen. Sandoval, Camilla, Women's History Month 9, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-03

Explains Wangari Maathai's contributions to science through her Green Belt Movement.

Tags: Green Belt movement, Kenya, Maathai, science, trees, Women's History Month

Falk, Nickolas. Harrington, Eileen. Sandoval, Camilla, Women's History Month 8, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-03

Explains Rachel Carson's significance in the study of the environment.

Tags: Carson, DDT, environment, environmental movement, pesticides, science, Silent Spring, Women's History Month

Falk, Nickolas. Harrington, Eileen. Sandoval, Camilla, Women's History Month 7, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-03

Describes Marie Curie's contributions to science and her work in physics and chemistry.

Tags: Curie, Henri Becquerel, Nobel Prize, polonium, radioactivity, radium, science, Women's History Month, World War I, x-ray

Falk, Nickolas. Harrington, Eileen. Sandoval, Camilla, Women's History Month 6, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-03

Provides information on Maria Sibylla Merian, who is considered to be one the first entomologists.

Tags: butterflies, entomologist, insects, Merian, metamorphisis, nature, painting, science, Women's History Month

Falk, Nickolas. Harrington, Eileen. Sandoval, Camilla, Women's History Month 5, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-03

Details Mae Jemison's career as an astronaut while being the first African American woman in space and her efforts to encourage kids to take an…

Tags: African American, astronaut, Jemison, Jemison Group, NASA, science, tests, Women's History Month

Falk, Nickolas. Harrington, Eileen. Sandoval, Camilla, Women's History Month 4, The Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, 2016-03

Describes Jane Goodall's contributions to the study of chimpanzees.

Tags: chimpanzees, Goodall, science, Tanzania, The Chimpanzee Family, toolmaking, Women's History Month