Tributes for Mikulski, Congress’s Longest-Serving Woman
When Senator Barbara A. Mikulski was sworn into the Senate in 1987, there was no “dean of women” to mentor female lawmakers. One of two women in the Senate at the time, Ms. Mikulski wasn’t even allowed in the Senate gym, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Wednesday.
The Senate has come pretty far, with 17 women now serving, Mr. McConnell, the minority leader, said.
Praising her as a trail-blazer, lawmakers took to the Senate floor Wednesday to honor Ms. Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, as the longest-serving woman in Congressional history.
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