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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol on in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
For decades, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has cast a long and influential shadow over Washington and Democratic politics.
Her father was mayor of a big city and her mother was his political organizer. But Pelosi didn t run for office until she was 46 years old, when most of her five children had flown the nest.
As the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House, she took on the establishment that she s now a part of. She was privately planning her retirement until Donald Trump became president. In a new biography,
By Susan Page
Twelve: 448 pages, $33
Itâs difficult to write a fresh-sounding biography of a woman who has been in Washington longer than some members of Congress have been alive.
But even longtime watchers of House Speaker Nancy Nancy Pelosi will learn something new about the most powerful woman in the country â and how she got that way â from USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Pageâs new biography, âMadam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power,â out this week.
Page notes the potential pitfalls in exploring such a known quantity, noting Pelosiâs tendency to recite the same quotes by Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, even Ronald Reagan; her ability to stay relentlessly on message; and her unwillingness to dish to reporters. Some well-trod anecdotes make their way into the book, but Pageâs unprecedented access to the two-time speaker â 10 conversations over two years and interviews with 150 of Pelosiâs family members, fri