Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Ann Mikulskiis the senior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party, serving since 1987. Mikulski, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, is the longest-serving woman in the history of the United States Congress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 July 1936
CountryUnited States of America
fighting equal-pay passages
[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.
believe office voting
I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.
thinking creating mind
I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.
people violence hitting
People aren't for hitting.
senior retirement political
Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
years people rich
We must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those that make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000.
leadership differences creating
Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.
family survival symbols
The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.
double-standard standards coming-out
I'm shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.
together arms social
There were times, though, when the women came together on a partisan basis. [When we stopped] the privatization of Social Security during George Bush, we linked arms.
people community stories
What I like best in Baltimore is the people, the neighborhoods and what goes on in the neighborhoods. Each has its own stories, own diners and own quirks. It's about community. I also like everything Old Bay.
pay cant
You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.
believe helping-others volunteer
In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.
heart doctors womens-health
Nancy [Kassebaum] and I worked on a women's health agenda when I first came. Women were not included in the protocols at NIH, the famous study, 'take an aspirin a day, keep the doctor, you know, a heart attack away.' It was done on ten thousand male medical students.