What is Nancy Kassebaum?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Nancy Kassebaum |image = LandonNancy.jpg |office = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Senate Labor Committee]] |term_start = January 3, 1995 |term_end = January 3, 1997 |predecessor = [[Ted Kennedy]] |successor = [[Jim Jeffords]] |jr/sr1 = United States Senator |state1 = [[Kansas]] |term_start1 = December 23, 1978 |term_end1 = January 3, 1997 |predecessor1 = [[James B. Pearson|James Pearson]] |successor1 = [[Pat Roberts]] |birth_name = Nancy Landon |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|7|29}} |birth_place = [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], [[Kansas]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[John Philip Kassebaum|Philip Kassebaum]]|1956|1979|end=}}<br>{{marriage|[[Howard Baker]]|1996|2014|end=died}} |children = [[William Kassebaum|Bill]]<br>[[Richard Kassebaum|Richard]] |education = [[University of Kansas]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University of Michigan]] {{small|([[Master of Arts|MA]])}} }} '''Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker''' (born July 29, 1932) is an American politician. She represented [[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 [[U.S. presidential election, 1936|1936]] [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States|president]]. Kassebaum was married to former Senator and diplomat [[Howard Baker]]. She was the first woman ever elected to a full term in the Senate without her husband having previously served in Congress.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/08/style/nancy-kassebaum-and-howard-baker.html?pagewanted=1 Nancy Kassebaum and Howard Baker - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K0000