Women as Change Agents Oral History Collection
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Carnahan, Jean, 1933-
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Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20, 1933) is an American politician and writer who was the First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and served as the state's junior United States Senator from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been posthumously elected, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate. Born Jean Anne Carpenter in Washington, D.C., to a working-class family, Carnahan was determi...