Background
Nancy Kassebaum was born on July 29, 1932 in Topeka, Kansas, United States of America. She is a daughter of Alfred Landon and Theo Landon.
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also known as
Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, Nancy Landon
Education
In 1954 Nancy Kassebaum received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kansas. In 1956 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan.
Career
From 1972 to 1975 Nancy Kassebaum was a member of Maize (Kansas) School Board and member of Washington staff of Senator James B. Pearson of Kansas from 1975 to 1976.
From 1979 to 1996 she served as a member of the United States Senate from Kansas and a member of foreign relations committee, labor and human resources committee at Indian Affairs committee. From 1980 to 1996 she served as a member of committee of foreign relations at subcommittee African affairs. Since 2004 she has been a commissioner of the Commission for Africa in England.
Achievements
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Nancy Kassebaum was the first woman ever elected to a full term in the Senate without her husband having previously served in Congress, and the second woman elected to a United States Senate seat without it being held first by her husband (Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was first elected to the House of Representatives to fill her husband's vacancy but later won four Senate elections) or appointed to complete a deceased husband's term. She was also the first woman to represent Kansas in the Senate.
Religion
Episcopal
Membership
Nancy Kassebaum is a member of Kansas Press Women's Association, Women's Association Institutional Logopedics.
Connections
Nancy Kassebaum's first husband was Philip Kassebaum. They married in 1956. They raised four children. In 1996 she married Howard Baker. In 2014 he died.
