IfThenSheCan

{{Short description|120 3D printed statues in Washington, US}}

{{use American English|date=February 2024}}

{{correct title|#IfThenSheCan|reason=#}}{{for|the musical|If/Then}}

{{infobox artwork

| title = #IfThenSheCan

| image = IfThenSheCan by Elvert Barnes 01.jpg

| image_upright =

| alt = closeup of the orange, horizontally striated face of one of the statues

| caption = photograph by Elvert Barnes

| wikidata = Q111373300

| year = 2022

| medium = 3D-printed plastic

| subject = women in STEM (US scope)

| museum = AIB, the Smithsonian Castle, Enid A. Haupt Garden, National Museum of Natural History, National Air and Space Museum

| city = Washington, D.C.

| owner = Lyda Hill Philanthropies

| website = {{official website}}

}}

#IfThenSheCan is a collection of 120{{cite web|url=https://ifthenshecan.org/ambassadors|title=If/Then {{!}} Ambassadors}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://si.edu/exhibitions/ifthenshecan-exhibit:event-exhib-6605|title=#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit | publisher=Smithsonian Institution | access-date=14 February 2024 | date=2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/ifthenshecan-smithsonian-exhibit|title=#IfThenSheCan Smithsonian Exhibit Features Three Caltech Women|publisher=Caltech|date=8 March 2022|accessdate=14 February 2024 |language=}} 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.