| − | Kassebaum Baker was born in the capital city of [[Topeka]] while her father was running for the first of his two two-year terms as governor. Her mother was the former Theo Cobb, a pianist. After graduation from Topeka High School in 1950, she graduated from the [[University of Kansas]] at Lawrence in 1954 and then obtained a master's degree in diplomatic history from the [[University of Michigan]] at [[Ann Arbor]]. She and her first husband settled in Maize, Kansas, where she served on the school board and had four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723033900/http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=125|title=125 women in Congress: Nancy Landon Kassebaum|date=July 23, 2011|accessdate=April 20, 2020}}</ref> | + | Kassebaum Baker was born in the capital city of [[Topeka]] while her father was running for the first of his two two-year terms as governor. Her mother was the former Theo Cobb, a pianist. After graduation from Topeka High School in 1950, she graduated from the [[University of Kansas]] at Lawrence in 1954 and then obtained a master's degree in diplomatic history from the [[University of Michigan]] at [[Ann Arbor]]. She and her first husband settled in Maize, near [[Wichita]], Kansas, where she served on the school board and had four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723033900/http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=125|title=125 women in Congress: Nancy Landon Kassebaum|date=July 23, 2011|accessdate=April 20, 2020}}</ref> |
| | Before her Senate years she worked in her family-owned Kassebaum Communications, which operated several [[radio]] stations in Kansas. She served on the Maize School Board. In 1975, Kassebaum and her husband were legally separated; their divorce became final in 1979. Kassebaum worked in Washington, D.C., as a caseworker for her Senate predecessor, James B. Pearson, a [[Moderate Republican]] in 1975, but returned to Kansas the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/K/KASSEBAUM,-Nancy-Landon-(K000017)/|title=Kassebaum, Nancy Landon - U.S. Senator|publisher=History.house.gov|accessdate=April 20, 2020}}</ref> | | Before her Senate years she worked in her family-owned Kassebaum Communications, which operated several [[radio]] stations in Kansas. She served on the Maize School Board. In 1975, Kassebaum and her husband were legally separated; their divorce became final in 1979. Kassebaum worked in Washington, D.C., as a caseworker for her Senate predecessor, James B. Pearson, a [[Moderate Republican]] in 1975, but returned to Kansas the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/K/KASSEBAUM,-Nancy-Landon-(K000017)/|title=Kassebaum, Nancy Landon - U.S. Senator|publisher=History.house.gov|accessdate=April 20, 2020}}</ref> |