"Pioneering U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan Passes Away at 90"
TL;DR
Jean Carnahan, the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate, has passed away at the age of 90. She was appointed to the Senate seat after her husband, Mel Carnahan, was posthumously elected to it following his death in a plane crash in 2000. A moderate Democrat, she served for nearly two years before losing to a Republican in 2002.
- Jean Carnahan, First Woman to Represent Missouri in U.S. Senate, Dies at 90 The New York Times
- Jean Carnahan, Missouri's first female U.S. senator, dies at 90: 'A fearless trailblazer' Fox News
- First woman to represent Missouri in the US Senate Jean Carnahan dies at 90 CNN
- Jean Carnahan, U.S. senator who succeeded husband, dies at 90 The Washington Post
- Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan dead at 90 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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