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March is Women's History Month! Mercer County draws strength and inspiration from women who came before us, and the remarkable women working among us today. They are part of our story, and a truly balanced and inclusive history recognizes how important women have always been in American society. To submit your Women's History Month event, click the box below.
Barbara Boggs Sigmund, political trailblazer
Barbara Boggs Sigmund (1939-1990) was the first woman elected mayor of Princeton when she won the 1983 election.
During her term, Sigmund dealt with issues related to affordable housing and town development. She previously served on the Princeton Borough Council and the Mercer County Board of Freeholders where she held the position of president in 1979 and 1980.
Sigmund grew up in a politically-minded family. Her father, former Congressman Hale Boggs, was a Democrat from Louisiana. He died in a shocking 1972 plane crash in the midst of his term as House majority leader. Her mother Corinne Lindy Claiborne Boggs succeeded him in Congress. Before his death, Sigmund’s father served for 31 years and her mother carried on the family legacy for another 20 years.
In 1974, Sigmund joined the staff at the Center for the American Woman and Politics at the Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University. Princeton University honored her by establishing the 2001 Barbara Boggs Sigmund Symposium on Women and Poverty. Sigmund suffered from cancer for many years of her life and was widely known for her iconic eye patch.
Source: New Jersey Women's History
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
March 14 through April 15
The Women’s Caucus for Art
Artworks Main Gallery
19 Everett Alley, Trenton | artworkstrenton.org
The Women’s Caucus for Art will present members' works that represent significant ways of seeing art and our world. These artists will share their voices visually through broad-based themes about gender, identity, race, the environment, the political and personal. The exhibit will foster and expand a conversation beyond the gallery through community, to create a dialogue with participants. To encourage the creative process and reflect upon who we are, where we come from and where we are going.
March 14 through April 15
Metal Lucidity
Artworks Community Gallery
19 Everett Alley, Trenton | artworkstrenton.org
Metal Lucidity by artist Amy Louise Lee will allow each individual to visually explore her luminous artwork using their imagination without any limitations. Although the free-flowing bright minimalist metal artwork is abstract, taking a moment to look closely at her work, one will start to see familiar and recognizable shapes, similar to the innocence of a child looking up at the clouds. This evokes curious wonder and therefore will open the mind to see the world in a different way. Playfulness and imagination get lost with the heavy burdens of adulthood, yet creativity and inspiration lead our society forward, through new technologies, medical treatments and the arts. Throughout the exhibition there will be a whimsical element of surprise by introducing AR, Augmented Reality, to numerous pieces for an interactive technological experience. Playing off the overall theme of the show, this allows the artist to showcase her playful side.
MARCH 30, 7 p.m.
Nonfiction Book Group: 10 Women Who Changed Science and the World
The Mercer County Library, Ewing Branch
61 Scotch Road
(609) 882-3130 | mcl.org
Join us to discuss 10 Women who Changed Science and the World by Catherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans. Learn the moving stories of the female physicists, biologists, chemists, astronomers and doctors who helped to shape our world with their extraordinary breakthroughs and inventions, and their remarkable achievements. Feel free to attend even if you have not read or finished the book. Click here to register.
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