Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

By Alison McSherry

Posted March 8, 2011 at 5:58pm

“It’s Women’s History Month: Did you know Sarah Josepha Hale, author of ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb,’ was from Newport, #NH? #IWD”

— Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in a Tuesday morning tweet. The New Hampshire Democrat was showing a little home-state pride on International Women’s Day.

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