Nancy Pelosi is one of the most powerful women in American history. The only woman to serve as speaker of the House of Representatives, she is the country’s highest ranking female officeholder ever. Daughter of one mayor of Baltimore and sister of another, one could argue politics is what she was born to do.
Pelosi is currently serving her second term as speaker after leading Democrats to victory in the 2018 midterms, becoming the first speaker to reclaim the gavel after losing it in nearly 75 years. Her return to power eight years after losing it cemented her legacy as a party leader, master legislator, and the most powerful speaker in decades.
But sequels and second acts are often less successful than the original. Despite her formidable reputation, Pelosi has not been immune from this rule. From her condescending dismissal of the so-called Green New Deal to her fractious relationship with the group of young female Democratic freshmen representatives known as the Squad, her first year back in power was fraught and turbulent.
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