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I think, though, with that whole sense of integrity and a lot of things that have been going on, the shared leadership rather than the titular head.
Barbara Mikulski
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Barbara Mikulski
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 20
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Baltimore
Maryland
Barbara Ann Mikulski
Barbara A. Mikulski
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I think George Mitchell was good for Maryland in the sense that he helped me get elected. It doesn't get any better than that from here on.
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We’re going to foment our own revolution. So I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going! Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all!
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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.
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Nothing really happened - I was elected in '86 - until 1992, and that's when the Anita Hill debacle happened.
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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.
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Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
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People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.
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My own father had died of Alzheimer's. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.
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George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.
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One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.
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I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.
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Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
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I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
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The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable
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When you're up in Maine, there is Canada, I mean it's looking right at you it's a different viewpoint.
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Every vote counts and every vote must be counted
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In my state [ Maryland] we've lost jobs to NAFTA, we did not gain jobs from NAFTA. But I think it's very difficult when your state is right up against the northern border, you do see things differently.
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I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.
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