When Barbara Ann Mikulski was elected, in 1986 (30 years ah, then women weren't allowed to were pants on the Senate floor & the lacked proper bathroom.
They were only two ladies then, Barbara and Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas.
Barbara who is a Maryland Democrat is the longest female lawmaker in the history of congress. She is leaving as one of the 20 female senators.
In one of her interviews, she said that she feel's sorry for her old senate colleague who failed to become the first female president, though there was many biases against her.
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