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  • Nancy Kassebaum, R-KS, 94

    From David Carson@davidc@wa-wd.com to alt.obituaries on Sun Aug 23 16:47:36 2026
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    https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/23/nancy-kassebaum-landon-baker-00113145 Nancy Kassebaum, pioneering female senator, dies at 94
    "At one time," Sen. Barbara Mikulski wrote of her, "a Kansas newspaper
    claimed, rCythe only thing more popular than Nancy is wheat.rCO"

    By DAVID COHEN
    08/23/2026 03:33 PM EDT|Updated: 08/23/2026 05:36 PM EDT

    Nancy Kassebaum, a pioneering three-term female senator from Kansas who
    was one of the architects of bipartisan health care reform in the 1990s,
    has died.

    Kassebaum, also known in her later years as Nancy Kassebaum Baker because
    of her marriage to former Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), was 94. The New
    York Times reported that her son, William Kassebaum, confirmed her death
    Friday at a hospice care facility in Manhattan, Kansas.

    rCLKansas lost part of its soul when Nancy Kassebaum died,rCY Gov. Laura Kelly said in a statement.

    The daughter of the 1936 Republican presidential nominee, Kassebaum in
    1978 became the first woman ever elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate without succeeding her husband in Washington. Before arriving in
    Washington at the end of that year, Kassebaum had only been elected to one public office, a school board in a suburb of Wichita.

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  • From Louis Epstein@le@lekno.ws to alt.obituaries on Mon Aug 24 16:47:41 2026
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    David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:
    https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/23/nancy-kassebaum-landon-baker-00113145
    Nancy Kassebaum, pioneering female senator, dies at 94
    "At one time," Sen. Barbara Mikulski wrote of her, "a Kansas newspaper claimed, rCythe only thing more popular than Nancy is wheat.rCO"

    By DAVID COHEN
    08/23/2026 03:33 PM EDT|Updated: 08/23/2026 05:36 PM EDT

    Nancy Kassebaum, a pioneering three-term female senator from Kansas who
    was one of the architects of bipartisan health care reform in the 1990s,
    has died.

    Kassebaum, also known in her later years as Nancy Kassebaum Baker because
    of her marriage to former Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), was 94. The New
    York Times reported that her son, William Kassebaum, confirmed her death Friday at a hospice care facility in Manhattan, Kansas.

    rCLKansas lost part of its soul when Nancy Kassebaum died,rCY Gov. Laura Kelly
    said in a statement.

    The daughter of the 1936 Republican presidential nominee, Kassebaum in

    She first became known outside Kansas when


    1978 became the first woman ever elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate

    and was generally referred to at the time as Nancy LANDON Kassebaum... surprising that the Landon name is never spelled out in this text.

    without succeeding her husband in Washington. Before arriving in
    Washington at the end of that year, Kassebaum had only been elected to one public office, a school board in a suburb of Wichita.

    [continues at URL] https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/23/nancy-kassebaum-landon-baker-00113145


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