BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Rhode Island Historical Society - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Rhode Island Historical Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.rihs.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Rhode Island Historical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211031 DTSTAMP:20240328T184535 CREATED:20210812T191115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210812T191434Z UID:22514-1630454400-1635638399@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Picturing Women Inventors DESCRIPTION:The Smithsonian and the United States Patent and Trademark Office present “Picturing Women Inventors\,” a poster exhibition that explores the inventions of 19 highly accomplished American women. Astronauts\, computer pioneers\, and businesswomen join athletes\, engineers\, and even teenagers in this remarkable group of inventors. The posters will be on view at the Museum of Work & Culture from September 1 through October 30\, 2021. “Picturing Women Inventors” showcases the breakthroughs\, motivations\, and challenges women encountered while pursuing their goals as inventors. Also on display within this exhibition will be Rhode Island Women Create\, a snapshot of the historical accomplishments of Rhode Island women in the arts and sciences\, using objects drawn from the Rhode Island Historical Society’s collections.  \nMuseum of Work & Culture’s Labor Day Celebration is sponsored by the Rhode Island Labor History Society. \n“Picturing Women Inventors” is distributed at no cost to schools\, libraries\, museums\, and community organizations by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It’s sponsored by Lyda Hill Philanthropies IF/THEN Initiative and Ericsson. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/picturing-women-inventors/ LOCATION:Museum of Work & Culture\, 42 S Main St\, Woonsocket\, RI\, 02895\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Smithsonian-Tile-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR