Events
Kick-off Event for the State House Project to Honor the Contributions of Women

Program

On October 22, 1996, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and the Senate Committee to Study Women's Contributions to Massachusetts Government held an event in the Great Hall, Massachusetts Statehouse, to kick off a fundraising campaign for the State House Project to Honor the Contributions of Women. The brainchild of Senator Rober D. Wetmore (D-Barre), the project involved commissioning original works of art to be displayed in the statehouse alongside the dozens of portraits and statues of men. At the time, there were no dipictions of women in the Massachusetts Statehouse.

The event included:

• Remarks by co-hosts Senator Lucile P. Hicks (R-Lincoln) and Senator Robert D. Wetmore
• Remarks by featured speakers Evelyn Murphy (former lieutenant governor) and Dr. Selma Botman (University of Massachusetts)
• Presentation of the first gift by Lucy Stone School fifth-graders
• Continental breakfast

Tasks:

• coordinated logistics with speakers, statehouse staff, and caterer
• designed and distributed event invitation
• designed exhibit on the project and fundraising materials
• arranged for media coverage
• managed the reception