Description: During the 1910s, as a young woman, Washington, D.C., native Minna P. Gill was active in the women's suffrage movement and participated in many demonstrations for women's rights. After earning her B.B.A. at the University of Texas, she worked as Science Service librarian during the 1920s and 1930s and later worked in the Smithsonian library, retiring in 1955. An accomplished amateur artist, Gill was active in the Washington Arts Club and the alumni association for Alpha Phi sorority.
Collection: Science Service Records, 1902-1965 (Record Unit 7091) - Science Service, now the Society for Science & the Public, was a news organization founded in 1921 to promote the dissemination of scientific and technical information. Although initially intended as a news service, Science Service produced an extensive array of news features, radio programs, motion pictures, phonograph records, and demonstration kits and it also engaged in various educational, translation, and research activities.
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