Barbara Mikulski Quotes

[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.

Barbara Mikulski

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• [During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.

  

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