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Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi March 26, - is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from to and again from to Before being elected Speaker in the th Congress, she was the House Minority Leader from to She has led House Democrats since , serving twice each as Speaker — and — and as House Minority Leader — and — depending upon whether Democrats or Republicans held the majority; she has also served as House Minority Whip — She is also the first Italian-American and first Californian to serve as Speaker.

She is the second Speaker from a state west of the Rocky Mountains , with the first being Washington 's Tom Foley, who was the last Democrat to hold the post before Pelosi. As Speaker of the House, Pelosi ranked second in the United States line of presidential succession, following the Vice President, which made her the highest-ranking female politician in United States history.

Any politician has admirers and detractors, depending on a critic's perspective. However, regardless of anyone's political views, in breaking the "marble ceiling" as the first woman Speaker of the House, Pelosi helped to open up opportunities for more of the nation's elected female representatives to be considered for such high office.

Whenever a barrier is broken, a bridge is also built for others to walk across. The youngest of six children, she was involved with politics from an early age.

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Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. Congressman from Maryland and a Mayor of Baltimore. She met Paul Frank Pelosi b. They married in a Catholic church on September 7, After moving to San Francisco, Pelosi worked her way up in Democratic politics. She was elected as party chairwoman for Northern California on January 30, And in , after her youngest child became a high school senior, she decided to run for political office.