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When Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi of California was sworn in as minority whip on February 6, 2002, she assumed the second most powerful position in her party’s leadership in the House of Representatives.1
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Costello, C.B., Wight, V.R., Stone, A.J. (2002). Women in the 107th Congress. In: Costello, C.B., Wight, V.R., Stone, A.J. (eds) The American Woman 2003–2004. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11600-0_19
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