Gloria Steinem Instagram – This election season I’m looking forward to phone banking and doing whatever else I can to help those candidates that best represent our Democratic values and reflect our diverse country. I miss being out there on the road as I had been in other elections, but we each should be effective with what we can uniquely offer. I have always felt hopeful because I was out there with all five senses seeing what voters were thinking.
I wasn’t always convinced the candidate I was supporting would win, but I almost always had a good time. One of those good experiences was campaigning for Barbara Mikulski, a working class social worker from Maryland who went on to be the longest-serving female Senator in U.S. history, who taught me how fun campaigning could be. Indeed, the campaign headquarters and resting place combined was a bright red RV called “The Mikulski Mobile.”
I originally wrote about my memories campaigning for Barbara in 2015. Nearly a decade later in this election cycle, I’m reminded just how fun campaigning can be. Read my piece on Barbara Mikulski via Substack at the link in my bio.
Photo: 1970s flier for the Manhattan Women’s Political Caucus’ ‘A Festival to Celebrate the Future’ featuring Mary Anne Krupsak and Barbara Mikulski. From the archive of @gloriasfoundation | Posted on 03/Sep/2024 19:30:00
