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File:Eloise Gerry (1885-1970), shown at microscope.jpg

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Description: By the 1920s, Eloise Gerry (1885-1970) was considered one of the foremost investigators in wood technology in America and one of few female scientists specializing in research on lumbering, wood utilization, and the turpentining process. After earning a Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin, she spent her career at the U.S. Forest Service's Forest Products Research Laboratory in Madison. The photo caption reads: "Dr. Gerry in her laboratory with the microscope that helped give the great naval stores industry in the United States a new lease on life."

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Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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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