ABSTRACT
As Harriett Woods geared up for second Senate try in 1986, Ellen Malcolm decided to put full force of her fledgling organization behind her. Malcolm vowed that shortage of money would not handicap Woods this time. Malcolm liked to say that "Early money is like yeast it makes the dough rise". That's how Emily's List got its name, along with a logo modeled after Fleischmann yeast packs. Barbara Mikulski relied on half-dozen senior Democrats who counseled her. She called them the "Galahads", after chivalrous Sir Galahad, a knight of King Arthur's legendary round table. Senators Paul Sarbanes of Maryland and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts were helpful. They helped get her on the Appropriations Committee, a good perch from which to raise money for next campaign and they tutored her on rules of the Senate. In 1992, Woods helped raise money for Carol Moseley-Braun, an African American who was given no chance of toppling an incumbent senator in Democratic primary in Illinois.
