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 Fr...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/nancy-kassebaum-baker-dies-aged-94)