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Biography of Barbara MikulskiName: Barbara MikulskiBirth Date: July 20, 1936 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States Nationality: American Gender: Female Occupations: politician, senator Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski (born 1936) became the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Senate to hold a seat not previously held by her husband.Barbara Ann Mikulski is known as the feisty senator from Baltimore, she is also the first Democratic woman ever to have served in both Houses of Congress, and the first woman ever to win a statewide election in her home state of Maryland."We elected a Democratic woman named Barbara and somebody named Mikulski, and the Senate won't be the same from now on!" said Mikulski after capturing the seat left open by the retirement of Republican Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., in November of 1986. Described by Time magazine as "a four-foot-11-inch bundle of energy with a voice like a Baltimore harbor foghorn," Mikulski swept past her Republican opponent, Linda Chavez, with 61 percent of the vote. Then-president Ronald Reagan, who had campaigned in Maryland to …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…birth:Franklin D. Roosevelt was President of the United StatesItalian forces took control of EthiopiaThe Spanish Civil War beganThe oceanliner "Queen Mary" went into serviceWilliam Faulkner's "Absalom! Absalom!" publishedThe times:1939-1945: World War II1950-1945: Korean War1957-1975: Vietnam War1991: Persian Gulf War1992-1996: Civil war in BosniaMikulski's contemporaries:L. Douglas Wilder (1931-) American politician/first Black governorNancy Kassebaum (1932-) American politicianGeraldine Ferraro (1935-) American politician/first woman Vice-Presidential candidateVaclav Havel (1936-) Czech president/playwrightPatricia Schroeder (1936-) American politicianPatrick Buchanan (1938-) American journalist/politicianSelected world events:1939: First transatlantic passenger flight1947: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) established1953: Queen Elizabeth II was crowned1963: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas1966: National Organization of Women (NOW) was founded1973: U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion1991: Soviet Union was officially dissolved1993: Terrorist bomb exploded at New York's World Trade Center Further Reading further readingBusiness Week, August 11, 1986. Ms., January 1987; September 1988. People, November 3, 1986.Science, April 8, 1994, pp. 192-194; July 22, 1994, p. 469.Time, November 17, 1986.Washington Post, August 28, 1996. Washington Post Magazine, June 14, 1987. |