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March 30, 2023
The American Philosophical Society will cap off Women’s History Month with a new exhibition celebrating path-breaking work by women in science. Opening March 31, Pursuit...
March 27, 2023
Header Image: “Bas-Relief with Portrait of Emma Diruff Seiler, 1891. APS.”] There is little doubt that Emma Diruff Seiler, one of the first female Members...
March 20, 2023
“Florence Sabin and women educators at Barnard. Florence Rena Sabin Papers, Mss.B.SA12, LH-B-33. APS.” When I was in third grade, I joined an afterschool program...
March 13, 2023
One of the perks of working at the APS’s Library & Museum is that you never know what you are going to find. While reprocessing...
March 3, 2023
The Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) is pleased to announce the launch of Visualizing Women in Science. This project provides a new means of exploring...
February 27, 2023
The David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society and the Massachusetts Historical Society intend to host a conference on the theme...
February 27, 2023
John White Man Runs Him, on horse, Carson Yellow Tail, and possibly Leo Medicine Crow with three horses in snow. Photograph taken by William A...
February 21, 2023
“Officers of artificers beg dismission from the service, producing certificates to show that their families are starving for bread, - no wonder! with wheat at...