Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is one of the most influential contemporary Native American artists, and one of the first Native American women to gain a foothold in the contemporary artworld.

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Annie Lorrain Smith

When lichenologist and mycologist Annie Lorrain Smith was first hired at London’s Natural History Museum, she had to be paid from a special fund because women could not officially be employed there. Initially brought on to curate a collection of microscopic fungi slides, she soon became responsible for identifying most of the fungi brought to the museum, working there for more than four decades.

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