Nancy Pelosi, née Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro, (born March 26, 1940, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.), American Democratic politician who is a congresswoman from California in the U.S. House of Representatives (1987– ), where she serves as speaker (2007–11 and 2019– ); she is the first woman to have become speaker of the House. Her other notable posts have included House minority leader (2003–07 and 2011–19). Nancy D’Alesandro whose father, Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr., was a politician and New Deal Democrat studied political science at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1962. The following year she married Paul Pelosi, and the