| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution woman portrait scientist labcoat biology biologist krill antarctica smithsonian institution archives smithsonianinstitutionarchives women's history month womenshistorymonth women in science womeninscience 2011 academia 20th century - mid 20thcenturymid blackandwhite monochrome people photo border black and white Subject: McWhinnie, Mary A        DePaul University  Type: Black-and-White Prints  Date: 1962  Topic: Scientific expeditions      Biology  Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-5739]  Summary: Mary Alice McWhinnie (1922-1980) was a professor of biology at DePaul University and a world-renowned authority on krill when she began working on research ships off-shore in 1962, when this photograph was taken. The National Science Foundation eventually allowed her to winter over at McMurdo Station and in 1974, she became the first American woman to serve as chief scientist at an Antarctic research station.  Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives  Place: Antarctica  Persistent URL:Link to data base record  Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives  View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Subject: McWhinnie, Mary A        DePaul University  Type: Black-and-White Prints  Date: 1962  Topic: Scientific expeditions      Biology  Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-5739]  Summary: Mary Alice McWhinnie (1922-1980) was a professor of biology at DePaul University and a world-renowned authority on krill when she began working on research ships off-shore in 1962, when this photograph was taken. The National Science Foundation eventually allowed her to winter over at McMurdo Station and in 1974, she became the first American woman to serve as chief scientist at an Antarctic research station.  Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives  Place: Antarctica  Persistent URL:Link to data base record  Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives  View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |