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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution womensday mary elizabeth switzer maryelizabethswitzer lasker award laskeraward office of vocational rehabilitation officeofvocationalrehabilitation department of health departmentofhealth education and welfare: educationandwelfare 1954 vocational rehabilitation act 1954vocationalrehabilitationact disability disabled disability history disabilityhistory rehabilitation necklace photograph woman black and white blackandwhite earrings smile short hair shorthair smiling earring pose 1960 lasker award 1960laskeraward lasker award winner laskerawardwinner smithsonian institution archives smithsonianinstitutionarchives women's history month womenshistorymonth women in science womeninscience 2009 health 20th century - mid 20thcenturymid government people blackandwhite portrait monochrome black and white Description: Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1900-1971) was Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and co-winner of the Lasker Award in 1960 with Paul Wilson Brand (1914-2003), a missionary surgeon in Velore, and Gudmund Harlem, Norwegian Royal Minister of Health and Social Affairs. Switzer was known for her work on the 1954 Vocational Rehabilitation Act, which expanded services for people with disabilities. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Persistent URL: photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5772 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: SIA2009-0979 Description: Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1900-1971) was Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and co-winner of the Lasker Award in 1960 with Paul Wilson Brand (1914-2003), a missionary surgeon in Velore, and Gudmund Harlem, Norwegian Royal Minister of Health and Social Affairs. Switzer was known for her work on the 1954 Vocational Rehabilitation Act, which expanded services for people with disabilities. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Persistent URL: photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5772 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: SIA2009-0979 | ||||
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