Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker dies at 94

TOPEKA — Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, who fractured a political glass ceiling as the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate and the first woman to be elected to the Senate without having previously filled an unexpired congressional term, died Friday. Kassebaum, 94, grew up in Topeka and began her personal

Nancy Kassebaum Baker co-authored a landmark 1996 health insurance law with Ted Kennedy and won Kansas re-election by huge margins twice.

Kassebaum Baker became the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died on Friday of natural causes, a

Nancy Kassebaum Baker  HuffPost

Kassebaum Baker was the first woman elected to the Senate without following a spouse into office.

Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office.

Former Kansas Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker dies at 94  CNN

The trailblazing Kansas Republican served three terms and was known for her independent, centrist politics.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94.Kassebaum Baker died Friday of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum.“She loved Kansas. She loved people from Kansas a

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94  AP News

Former Kansas senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the Senate from the state, has died aged 94.