International Women's Week, the first week in March, is a week of celebration, education, and awareness surrounding women's and gender issues. The United Nations marks the week with annual conferences on equality. To raise awareness locally in Ipswich, Mass., Jan Lindsay and photographer Coco McCabe will put on an installation that focuses on older women who have chosen unexpected and physical ways to express their zest for living, who've honed their craft over decades.

"We thought it'd fit well during International Women's Month," says Lindsay, who is an accomplished mountain biker and registered nurse. "The idea behind the project grew from a growing sense that, as a sixty-something-year-old woman, I was becoming invisible. And surveying older women friends, I discovered that it resonated."

"We could feel our youth-idolizing culture throwing older people, particularly older women, into the shadows. My hope is to throw that trope into a different light."

The exhibit at Zumi's Coffee Shop in Ipswich, Mass., in March, will include photos of eight local women in action, paired with their story.

The exhibit at Zumi's Coffee Shop in Ipswich, Mass., in March, will include photos of eight local women in action, paired with their story.

These photos taken of publisher Tamsin Venn kayaking through the Ipswich marshes, home base for Atlantic Coastal Kayaker, will be part of the exhibit.

The Fox Creek Canal provided the final link in the chain of navigable water from Merrimac River to the Essex River. This allowed passage of primarily lumber from New Hampshire to the shipyards in Essex without risking passage on the open ocean. It was also used for the local transport of farm and other goods, especially salt marsh hay, hence its other name. Today, the canal is not maintained, is entirely tidal, and is used recreationally,