Nancy Pelosi

(March 26, 1940)
1981-1983 - chaired California Democratic Party
1984: chaired host committee for Democratic National Convention
1987: elected to Congress in a special election
2001: elected minority whip for the Democrats in Congress, the first time a woman had held a party office
November 14, 2002: voted minority leader of the House, the first time a woman was elected to head a party's Congressional delegation
2007: first woman Speaker of the House (January 4, 2007)

Congressional Representative (also called Congressman, Congresswoman), politician

Congressional Representative for California's Eighth District, including much of San Francisco; many 'firsts' for women in political leadership including first woman Speaker of the House; support of issues such as environmental protection, human rights, AIDS prevention, support for family planning programs internationally, pro-choice on women's reproductive issues,

Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi

Father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., was a Roosevelt Democrat and three-term mayor of Baltimore, the first Italian American to hold that office
Mother had attended law school
Brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, was mayor of Baltimore 1967-1971.

Nancy Pelosi and husband Paul have five children, Nancy Corinne, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul, and Alexandra. She was a stay-at-home mother, beginning political volunteer work when her youngest began school and elected to Congress when her youngest was a senior in high school.

Trinity College in Washington, D.C.

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