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

Kassebaum Baker became the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kansas">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 Friday of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum.