For the musical, see If/Then.
#IfThenSheCan
Year2022
Medium3D-printed plastic
Subjectwomen in STEM (US scope)
MuseumAIB, the Smithsonian Castle, Enid A. Haupt Garden, National Museum of Natural History, National Air and Space Museum
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnerLyda Hill Philanthropies

#IfThenSheCan is a collection of 120[1] 3D-printed orange freestanding 1:1 scale statues of American women in STEM fields. Various subsets of these sculptures have been exhibited across the United States, most prominently at Smithsonian Institution buildings in Washington DC.[2][3] The exhibition is part of a wider project called #IfThen (also stylised IF/THEN), the name of which takes the form of a hashtag and refers to the project's motto: "if she can see it, then she can be it" (a concept called representation). Taken in the context of computer engineering (part of the E in STEM), an if/then statement controls logic flow.

Depicted

Notable women depicted include:[4]

Exhibition history

The initial exhibit ran from March 5 to March 27, 2022.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "If/Then | Ambassadors"
  2. ^ "#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit". Smithsonian Institution. 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ^ "#IfThenSheCan Smithsonian Exhibit Features Three Caltech Women". Caltech. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  4. ^ "If/Then Digital Exhibit Companion"