NiceButMeanGirl -> RE: GYNARCHY (12/27/2012 7:17:47 PM)
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ORIGINAL: nameonhold here in the great State of New Hampshire .... beginning on January 1, 2013 ..... we will be the very first state in the entire nation to have a female governor and a 100% female congressional delegation. Excuse me, but that's not quite right. In my home state of Washington, our 17th Governor was Dixie Lee Ray from January 12, 1977, to January 14, 1981. The very first woman to act as a U.S. Governor was Carolyn B. Shelton who served as "acting governor" of Oregon for one weekend – 9 a.m. Saturday, February 27, through 10 a.m. Monday, March 1, 1909. The outgoing governor, George Earle Chamberlain, had been elected to the Senate and had to leave for Washington, D.C., before his term was over, and the incoming governor, Frank W. Benson, had gotten sick and couldn't assume office early. Chamberlain left Shelton, his "Chief of Staff," in charge for the weekend. NBMG
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