Helen Delich Bentley

"I’m tired of employing foreigners all the time in foreign countries and helping them out, who plied her district in an American-made station wagon with the license plate, I want to help out Americans."

"Women have to be willing to work and produce, and not just expect favors because they are women."

"Bentley enjoyed wide name recognition from her work as a journalist and her time on the Federal Maritime Commission."

"Congresswoman Bentley worked with tenacity, energy, and passion on behalf of her constituents, making her a rare breed in politics and a role model to public servants across Maryland."

"There has been no one, who has championed the vital role the Port plays in both the global economy and our everyday lives more than Helen."

"She was renowned as a journalist and politician, paving the way for women in journalism, advocating for the maritime community, and fighting for the people."

"I am a woman who worked in men’s fields for a long time. I insisted on working on the city side of the paper and not the women’s pages. I did it all on my own. Women have to be willing to work and produce and not just expect favors because they are women."