Former Senators Margaret Chase Smith and Barbara Mikulski became the first female Senators to have rooms in the Capitol named for them.
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Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, led theto add the names of female senators to the list for the first time. It passed unanimously in December of 2020, designating S-115 as the “U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski Room” and S-124 as the “U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith Room.” TheSmith was the first woman to hold a leadership position in the Senate as chair of the Republican conference.
“I am so honored to be celebrating the dedication of the Barbara Mikulski Room and the Margaret Chase Smith Room in the Senate. My genuine thanks for doing this, because I know this is truly a very huge honor,” said Mikulski in a. “I would hope that when people see these two rooms…that they are inspired today about service, about duty, about respect for the Constitution and for each other.
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