CNN: Longest serving female senator, Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) - Updated w/ more info [View All]

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Mikulski regarding how it was in the old days: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/12/26/intv.bash.mikulski.1.cnn
Mikulski's List of 'Firsts': http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/12/26/intv.bash.mikulski.2.cnn
Mikulski on Differences: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/12/26/intv.bash.mikulski.3.cnn
Mikulski on Equal Pay: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/12/26/intv.bash.mikulski.4.cnn

List of current female U.S. Senators

Barbara Mikulski (D) - Maryland - 1987

Dianne Feinstein (D) - California - 1992

Barbara Boxer (D) - California - 1993

Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) - Texas - 1993

Patty Murray (D) - Washington - 1993

Olympia Snowe (R) - Maine - 1995

Mary Landrieu (D) - Louisiana - 1997

Susan Collins (R) - Maine - 1997

Blanche Lincoln (D) - Arkansas - 1999

Debbie Stabenow (D) - Michigan - 2001

Maria Cantwell (D) - Washington - 2001

Lisa Murkowski (R) - Alaska - 2002

Amy Klobuchar (D) - Minnesota - 2007

Claire McCaskill (D) - Missouri - 2007

Kay Hagan (D) - North Carolina - 2009

Jeanne Shaheen (D) - New Hampshire - 2009

Kirsten Gillibrand - (D) - New York - 2009


From Wikipedia.org
Note:
In January 2011, the number will stay at 17.
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) will leave the Senate and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) will join.

Also,
Since January 2009, there are 17 women serving in the 100-person body (an all-time high), including freshmen senators. For three states, California, Washington and Maine, both senators are women (New Hampshire will soon have two women senators as well, following the installation of Republican Kelly Ayotte in January). California's current two senators (Boxer and Feinstein) are the first two women to be elected to the U.S. Senate in the same election (in 1992) from the same state.