2nd time, House Speaker!

May your skills and experience continue to benefit the American people!

D'Alesandro Family (featuring Nancy Pelosi - Center)
Baltimore, Maryland

Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. was Mayor of Baltimore from 1947-1959. His daughter, Nancy D'Alesandro seated center, became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and is now known as Nancy Pelosi.

...thanks for posting!

Also, why is she wearing gloves? Was that a fashion thing?

Grew up in the D.C. area in the 50s and 60s. Gloves were in fashion there, even for little girls.

...especially out socially in D.C..

It phased out over time and we were left with a neat little pile of dainty, linen, lightly embroidered gloves as a reminder.

We never went downtown to shop without dressing up with hat and gloves. My mother always said, "You may wear gloves without a hat, but never a hat without gloves." This was indeed the style of the times. We were very much at the lower income level in those days, but it did not matter. There were social norms to follow!

I can do without the rest of it, but I love hats. I wish I had social occasions to wear them, but I live in America and don't go to church or the Kentucky Derby.

Go get 'em, ma'am.

It's great to hear those two words together again!