Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies aged 94

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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a trailblazing GOP senator from Kansas, has died at age 94 from natural causes. She was the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office. During her tenure, she won two re-elections by significant margins and co-authored a landmark 1996 health insurance law alongside Ted Kennedy. Her son, Bill Kassebaum, confirmed her passing on Friday, marking the end of a career that broke barriers for women in Congress.
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