• Fifth-best state for women: New Hampshire is tied as the fifth best state for women in the United States. It ranks eighth in political participation, tenth in economic autonomy, 13th in reproductive rights, 14th in employment and earnings, and 19th in health and well-being.
  
• High political participation ranking: New Hampshire is one of only three states in the nation with a female governor, and a relatively high proportion of the state legislature is made up of women. As a result, the state ranks high on this composite index, at eighth in the nation. 

• Mixed health and well-being: New Hampshire's women fare particularly badly when it comes to rates of mortality from lung cancer, breast cancer, and heart disease. However, New Hampshire is fifth in the nation for the percentage of non-elderly women with health insurance. This combination of very good and very poor health indicators in New Hampshire results in an overall grade of B-.
   

• Read The Status of Women in New Hampshire: Overview in PDF format.
• Learn about the status of women in all states, and see which states ranked best and worst
• Read Overview of the Status of Women in the States in PDF format.

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