WOMEN'S EXHIBIT AT HOME IN ART AND HOME CENTER.(SERIES: STATE FAIR EXTRA)(Local)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: September 1, 2001 | Copyright information

Nestled among the quilting exhibit, a cosmetics booth, a furniture display and some cooking demonstrations is a new exhibit on the state's Division for Women office.

It's in the Art and Home Center.

"At first, I thought, "No way!' because it's so stereotypical," said Carolyn Peterson-Vaccaro, the division's deputy director.

State agencies are typically in the Center of Progress building, she said.

"But I'm so glad we're here," Peterson-...

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