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

https://mins.news/en/item/29385

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-22 16:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4zyVIVd

> Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died at 94. The daughter of a Kansas governor, she became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

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