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Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997.
Apr 24, 2024 · Nancy Kassebaum, U.S. Republican politician who was the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate. She served from 1978 to 1997. During her tenure, she focused on health care issues and worked to end apartheid in South Africa. Learn more about her life and career.
Nancy L. Kassebaum: A Featured Biography. When Senator Nancy Kassebaum delivered Washington’s Farewell Address on February 16, 1981, the Kansas Republican was one of only two women serving in the United States Senate, and only the 14th female senator in the institution’s history.
As a U.S. senator from Kansas, Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker (born 1932) was a political maverick whose stands ranged from support of the Equal Rights Amendment and a woman's right to choose abortion to support for the failed nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
This is an interview on April 6, with Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker. Why don’t we start at the beginning? Tell me when you first met Senator Kennedy. What were your initial impressions of him? Kassebaum. I first met him when I came to the Senate in 1979, at the swearing in. Everybody sort of says hello.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker U.S. Senator from Kansas (1978–1997) Elected to the Senate in 1978, Nancy Kassebaum was the only woman senator when she took office. By the time she left office in 1997, the number of women in the Senate had grown to nine.
When he chose not to seek reelection in 1978, Kassebaum entered the race and won a hard fought primary and general election. She was the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate. Senator-elect Kassebaum officially took office on December 23, 1978.
