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Listen: The Blues ProgramSenator Beth Johnson of Orlando presiding over the Florida State Senate in Tallahassee, Florida.
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Accompanying note: "Senator Beth (Mrs. George W.) Johnson of Orlando, representing the 19th district, was on November 15, 1966, the first woman to preside over the Senate or House by election of the membership. Senator Johnson was elected as temporary presiding officer at the Organizational Session of the new Senate. She already had served on May 26, 1965, as presiding officer by invitation of the President."
"Mrs. Johnson was the first woman elected to the Senate (1962) after having served in the House from 1957-1962."
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