Nancy Pelosi's Artifacts Donation to Smithsonian
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California) became the first woman speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2007. In a ceremony at the… read more
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California) became the first woman speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2007. In a ceremony at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Ms. Pelosi donated objects from her 2007 swearing-in. The artifacts include her speaker’s gavel, a copy of her speech and the suit she wore. The items are now part of the museum’s political history collection. close
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Lisa Kathleen Graddy Deputy Chair and Curator National Museum of American History->Division of Political History
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