November 9th, 2008
Factoid of the day: Women rule (at last)
New Hampshire’s State Senate has become the first legislature in U.S. history with a female majority. After Tuesday’s election, the legislative body consists of 13 women and 11 men.
(Source: WSJ and NPR via NCSL)
Charles Fishman on November 10, 2008
South Carolina has gone in exactly the opposite direction: Down to no women at all among its 46 members.
http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2008/11/no-women-in-the-south-carolina-senate.html
June on November 10, 2008
I am pleased to see that the US are following behind, and maybe even taking the lead. I Norway we have for many years had high female representation, but it is still a challenge.
Jennifer on November 12, 2008
might have something to do with the fact that NH state legislators are not paid.
Kevin on August 6, 2010
Now that Elena Kagan has been appointed to the highest court, there are three women serving on the higest court in the land.