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Barbara Boggs Sigmund (May 27, 1939 - October 10, 1990) was a daughter of the powerful Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 United States Representative Hale Boggs
Hale Boggs

Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. was an United States Democratic party politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana....
 of Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
, and Lindy Boggs
Lindy Boggs

Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs, usually known as Lindy Boggs is a United States political figure who served as a member of the U.S....
, who became a Congresswoman from Louisiana after her husband's untimely death in an air crash.

A graduate of Stone Ridge and Manhattanville College
Manhattanville College

Manhattanville College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, located in Purchase, New York, New York, USA....
, she taught at the Stuart Country Day School
Stuart Country Day School

Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart is an independent all-girls Catholic school country day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey, New Jersey....
 of the Sacred Heart (Princeton, N.J.), which, in honor of her life, now annually awards the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Alumnae Award.

Sigmund worked as a letter writer for President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
, and served as a member of the Mercer County, New Jersey
Mercer County, New Jersey

Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, New Jersey. It is officially part of the New York Metropolitan Area, but due to it being close to New York City and Philadelphia, Mercer County is also its own Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is named the Trenton-Ewing MSA....
 Board of Chosen Freeholders
Board of Chosen Freeholders

In New Jersey, the Boards of Chosen Freeholders are the County commissions of the 21 List of counties in New Jersey....
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Barbara Boggs Sigmund (May 27, 1939 - October 10, 1990) was a daughter of the powerful Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 United States Representative Hale Boggs
Hale Boggs

Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. was an United States Democratic party politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana....
 of Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
, and Lindy Boggs
Lindy Boggs

Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs, usually known as Lindy Boggs is a United States political figure who served as a member of the U.S....
, who became a Congresswoman from Louisiana after her husband's untimely death in an air crash.

A graduate of Stone Ridge and Manhattanville College
Manhattanville College

Manhattanville College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, located in Purchase, New York, New York, USA....
, she taught at the Stuart Country Day School
Stuart Country Day School

Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart is an independent all-girls Catholic school country day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey, New Jersey....
 of the Sacred Heart (Princeton, N.J.), which, in honor of her life, now annually awards the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Alumnae Award.

Sigmund worked as a letter writer for President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
, and served as a member of the Mercer County, New Jersey
Mercer County, New Jersey

Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, New Jersey. It is officially part of the New York Metropolitan Area, but due to it being close to New York City and Philadelphia, Mercer County is also its own Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is named the Trenton-Ewing MSA....
 Board of Chosen Freeholders
Board of Chosen Freeholders

In New Jersey, the Boards of Chosen Freeholders are the County commissions of the 21 List of counties in New Jersey....
. In 1982, she finished fourth out of nine in the 1982 New Jersey Democratic Senate primary, which was won by Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg

Frank Raleigh Lautenberg is an United States businessman and Democratic Party politician. Now the senior United States Senate from New Jersey, he is in his second non-consecutive term in office, first serving from 1982 to 2001, and again since 2003....
 (who has since served more than 20 years in the Senate). The other two candidates with more votes were former United States Congressmen. She later was elected Mayor of Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756....
.

Sigmund founded Womanspace, a Mercer County, New Jersey
Mercer County, New Jersey

Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, New Jersey. It is officially part of the New York Metropolitan Area, but due to it being close to New York City and Philadelphia, Mercer County is also its own Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is named the Trenton-Ewing MSA....
 non-profit agency that provides services — 24-hour hotlines, crisis intervention, emergency shelter, counseling, court advocacy, and housing — to victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

In 1990, Sigmund died of cancer
Cancer

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cell display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis . These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize....
, aged 51, following an 8-year battle. She had lost an eye to the disease, necessitating an eyepatch
Eyepatch

An eyepatch is a small patch that is worn in front of one eye. It may be a cloth patch attached around the head by an elastic band or by a string, or an adhesive bandage....
. The patch became iconic when she attended events as the Mayor of Princeton Borough sporting an eye patch matched to her outfit.

Her siblings are Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts is an United States Emmy Award-winning journalist and Bestseller author. She is a contributing senior news analyst for National Public Radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current This Week with George Stephanopoulos....
 and Tommy Boggs
Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr.

Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. , is an American lawyer and lobbyist, based in Washington, D.C.Boggs is the son of the late Hale Boggs , a United States House of Representatives from Louisiana from 1941-43 and again from 1947 until his death in 1972, and Lindy Boggs , a United States Representative from Louisiana from 1973 until 1991....
. In addition to her mother and siblings, she was survived by her husband, Paul Sigmund.