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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.

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Barbara Mikulski
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 20
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Barbara Ann Mikulski
Barbara A. Mikulski
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