Mikulski To Be Inducted Into Women's Hall Of Fame

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. 

The organization made the announcement Tuesday. Mikulski is one of 11 women who will be inducted Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. 

Mikulski, a Democrat who became the longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. Senate this year, is in her fifth term. 

Jazz singer Billie Holiday and Coretta Scott King, the wife of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., are among the 11 women who will be inducted. 

The National Women's Hall of Fame was founded in 1969, and 236 women have been inducted since its founding. 

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