Today marked an historic moment in Salem.
 
The first woman to be mayor in the city talked with folks at the site of the second Women's Rights convention in America, which took place some 70 years ago.
 
Cyndi Baronzzi Dickey talked about ideas and projects to help strengthen the city by bringing in an awareness of it's rich history in working to abolish slavery and working on job creation to help attract people and families. 
 
We are growing a strong strong manufacturing part of our city. We just now annexed 30 more acres into the city to provide between 30 and 35 jobs to provide good paying living wage jobs," Baronzzi Dickey said.
 
Baronzzi Dickey who served the city as a councilwoman for 11 years shared other ideas on how to make Salem shine.
 
"We are talking about some tree sales in some of our parking lots, and caroling next to our parking lots to bring in youth groups to do performances to bring people into downtown," added Baronzzi. 
 
The Salem Women's Federation hosted the meet and greet at the historic Smucker House.
 
The President of the organization tells us Salem has always had strong women noting it was was the site of the Second Women's Right convention in America and was a pivotal point for suffrage or women's voting rights.
 
"So we were the second in the nation to do women's rights and at our site it was the only time when women only spoke," said Carolyn Caldwell President of the Salem Women's Federation.