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Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker dies at 94

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TOPEKA — Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, who fractured a political glass ceiling as the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate and the first woman to be elected to the Senate without having previously filled an unexpired congressional term, died Friday. Kassebaum, 94, grew up in Topeka and began her personal journey in […]

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