Girls’ Day exhibit honoring female Council members remains at City Hall

This year’s Girls’ Day @ City Hall (Thursday, March 13) included an art exhibit paying tribute to Milwaukee’s current Common Council, which features six women, the most sitting women at one time in the body’s history. The exhibit titled, “Growing in Numbers” is a pictorial display highlighting this notable achievement.

Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs, who created and hosts the annual Girls’ Day event, believes the exhibit was a welcome addition for both Girls’ Day and Women’s History Month.

“The current Common Council is very special in that it includes the most women to ever sit on the body at one time. When I was first elected to the Common Council I was the only woman in that moment, and to know now that more than a third of the Council is female is tremendous progress,” said Alderwoman Coggs. “We always tell the attendees at Girls’ Day that they are the future leaders, and future decision makers for our city. I think highlighting the diversity of the Council and the growth in female representation is important for them to see, and to show that one day they can be in our seats, and even perhaps be a part of the first female majority Council when the time comes.”

The “Growing in Numbers” exhibit can be found in the first floor rotunda of City Hall, 200 E. Wells St., through March 20. The piece was curated by Nicole Cummings of HGA Architects & Engineering firm, and assisted by Abigail Sagrero of Balloon Decorations Party Decor & Rentals.

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