AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Nancy Kassebaum Baker, first woman elected to the Senate on her own, dead at 94
Former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a husband into office, has died of natural causes at 94, closing a career defined by fierce independence and landslide victories in the heartland. Her son, Bill Kassebaum, confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Friday. He described […] The post Nancy Kassebaum Baker, first woman elected to the Senate on her own, dead at 94 appeared first on American Almanac .
Former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a husband into office, has died of natural causes at 94, closing a career defined by fierce independence and landslide victories in the heartland. Her son, Bill Kassebaum, confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Friday. He described his mother as someone who never treated her seat as a partisan possession. Bill Kassebaum told the AP that his mother "loved Kansas" and "loved people from Kansas and representing Kansas for 18 years in the U.S. Senate." He added a line that captures the kind of Republican she was: "She was an independent-minded Republican who was willing to stand up for what she thought was right, even if that…Open