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Who was the first woman appointed Speaker in the House of Representatives?
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Nancy Pelosi. On January 3rd, 2007, Rep. Pelosi became the first woman to rise to the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. (She was also the first Italian-American to be elected Speaker.) Speaker Pelosi served through early 2011: after the Democrats lost the majority in the 2010 mid-term elections, she became the House Minority Leader.
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