Nancy Pelosi was born March 20,1940 in Baltimore, Maryland. Pelosi was involved with politics from an early age. She graduated from the institute of Notre Dame, a catholic all-girls high school in Baltimore, and from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., in 1962 with a B.A. in political science.
Nancy Pelosi is both and current speaker of the United States of Representatives. Before being elected speaker in the 110th congress, she was the House Minerity Leader from 2003-2007, holding the post during the 108th & 109th congress.Pelosi is the first female speaker of the House. She is also the first Californian and first Italian-American to hold the post. As speaker, Pelosi is second in the line of President succession, following Vice President joe Biden, which makes her the highest- ranking female politician in american history.
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