Nancy Pelosi

By Lisa Tucker McElroy

Subjects: United states, congress, Juvenile literature, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, United states, biography, Legislators, united states, Politics, Nonfiction, Women legislators, Legislators, United States. Congress. House, Juvenile Nonfiction, United States, Speakers, United states, biography, juvenile literature, United states, congress, juvenile literature

Description: Mother of five, grandmother of six, and Speaker of the House! Nancy Pelosi made history when she became the first woman Speaker of the House in January 2007. As second in the line of succession for the U.S. presidency, should something happen to the president and vice president, she has attained the highest political position ever held by a woman.