Presentation will take place via the video conferencing app ZOOM. Please register in advance in order to access the program.
Dr. Margaret Weitekamp has researched and written on how a groundswell of support helped create a Lego set representing women’s contributions to aerospace. Join us for a discussion of how women have worked from the very beginning of aviation to innovate, and how museums have documented their stories.
Featuring:
- Margaret Weitekamp, PhD, Curator and Department Chair, Space History Department, National Air and Space Museum
Part of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Series.
Smithsonian affiliation made possible by the generous support of the MassMutual Foundation.
Image:
The original prototypes of the LEGO® Ideas “Women of NASA” set displayed in front of the Apollo Lunar Module in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, August 20, 2018. Credit: National Air and Space Museum
