Margaret V. Dunham, standing at bank of instruments

Description: In 1943, when this photograph was taken, Women's Army Corps Lt. Margaret V. Dunham was conducting research in the Chemical Warfare Service's Medical Division at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland. A native of New York City, she had just completed degrees in chemistry and biology at Columbia University...Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer..Medium: Black and white photographic print..Date: 1943..Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives ..Collection: Accession 90-105: Science Service Records, 1920s – 1970s - 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...Accession number: SIA2008-1478