Women in Aerospace: Stories from the Smithsonian Collection

Co-hosted by the Christa McAuliffe Center

To register: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/7916129723842/WN_zXqmEc6lSHymljxEAl56kA

Dr. Margaret Weitekamp has researched and written on how a groundswell of support helped create a Lego set representing women’s contributions to aerospace. Join us for a discussion of how women have worked from the very beginning of aviation to innovate, and how museums have documented their stories.

Featuring: Margaret Weitekamp, PhD, Curator and Department Chair, Space History Department, National Air and Space Museum

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Celebrating Women’s History Month with the Smithsonian

The Christa McAuliffe Center and the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, a Smithsonian Affiliate, will co-host three virtual lectures organized by the Smithsonian Institution to celebrate Women’s History Month. These talks spotlight some of the Smithsonian scholars featured in the publication Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Stories of Strength, Ingenuity and Vision from the National Collection. All talks support the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, designed to create, disseminate, and amplify the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.

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The original prototypes of the LEGO® Ideas "Women of NASA" set displayed in front of the Apollo Lunar Module in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, August 20, 2018. Credit: National Air and Space Museum