Ladies First in New Hampshire!

New Hampshire Senate Makes History
The New Hampshire state Senate meets in the same chamber it has used since 1819. The 24 members sit at long wooden desks with visitors watching from above in an austere colonial gallery. But starting this week, at the official swearing-in ceremony for the senators elected on Nov. 4, New Hampshire became the first state in the nation to ever have a legislature with a female majority. That's right -- more ladies than gentlemen. "When voters went to the polls last month, they weren't looking to create the first female majority Senate," Senate President Sylvia Larsen said. "They were picking from a very talented slate of candidates, many of which happen to be women."