I was so hurt when I got to Congress. All the media would say was 'pipe-smoking grandmother'. And I would say, 'For God's sake, hard-working grandmother, same number of syllables.' But I couldn't persuade them.


Los Angeles Times (17 September 1992)

Millicent Fenwick Quotes

I was so hurt when I got to Congress. All the media would say was 'pipe-smoking grandmother'. And I would say, 'For God's sake, hard-working...

I was so hurt when I got to Congress. All the media would say was 'pipe-smoking grandmother'. And I would say, 'For God's sake, hard-working...

I was so hurt when I got to Congress. All the media would say was 'pipe-smoking grandmother'. And I would say, 'For God's sake, hard-working...

I was so hurt when I got to Congress. All the media would say was 'pipe-smoking grandmother'. And I would say, 'For God's sake, hard-working...