# Nancy Kassebaum Baker, pioneering US senator, dies at 94

https://mins.news/en/item/29412

- CNN, 2026-08-22 17:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/22/politics/nancy-kassebaum-baker-kansas-dies?Date=20260822&Profile=CNN

> Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the daughter of a Kansas governor, has died at 94. She was the first woman elected to the US Senate without entering office through a spouse.

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