Barbara Mikulski
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Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United
Official portrait, 2011
Mikulski challenged Charles Mathias for his Senate seat in 1974.
Mikulski speaking to a patient at a military hospital, 1980.
Mikulski with Steny Hoyer presenting a photo to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in Greenbelt, Maryland
Margaret Chase Smith
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Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both
Barbara Mikulski
…popularly known as "Senator Barb", was re-elected with large majorities in 1992, 1998, 2004, and 2010. Having won re-election in 2010, she surpassed Margaret Chase Smith as the longest-serving female senator. ABC News named Mikulski its Person of the Week for that milestone. On March 17, 2012, she became the longest-serving…
Margaret Chase Smith
Smith in 1943
In 1956, Smith and Eleanor Roosevelt jointly appeared as the first-ever women panelists on Face the Nation. With them is the host, CBS News correspondent Stuart Novins.
Smith announcing her candidacy for the President of the United States