March is Women’s History Month and the State Museum in Albany is marking the occasion by celebrating the achievements of women across New York with an exhibit from its collection and an event of particular interest to women in the workforce.
The exhibit Women Who Lead, opening March 11 in Metropolis Hall, brings together objects and artworks from the museum’s collection highlighting the contributions of women. This includes the tools of State Paleontologist Winifred Goldring (1888-1971), one of the most prominent U.S. paleontologists in the first half of the 20th century and the first woman to serve as State Paleontologist of New York and as president of the Paleontological Society; artwork from contemporary Oneida Nation artists Karen Ann Hoffman and Dawn Dark Mountain, and the newly acquired Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument 1/3-scale model by sculptor Meredith Bergmann, a life-long New Yorker.
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