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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.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, née Landon le 29 juillet 1932 à Topeka, est une femme politique américaine. Membre du Parti républicain, elle est sénatrice du Kansas de 1978 à 1997.
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.
The daughter of Alfred M. Landon, the Republican governor of Kansas who challenged Franklin Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election, Kassebaum served three terms in the Senate, beginning on December 3, 1978.
Senator-elect Kassebaum officially took office on December 23, 1978. She served as chairman of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources (104th Congress). Kassebaum was known for her work on health care and co-sponsored the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
17 oct. 2022 · Nancy Jo Landon Kassebaum Baker represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president, and the widow of former Senator and diplomat Howard Baker.
A biography of Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, a U.S. senator from Kansas who was a political maverick and a moderate feminist. Learn about her family background, education, career, and achievements in the Senate.
