Editing Nancy Pelosi (section)

== Early life and education ==
Nancy Pelosi was born in [[Baltimore]], Maryland, to an [[Italian-American]] family. She was the only daughter and the youngest of six children of Annunciata M. "Nancy" D'Alesandro (née Lombardi)<ref name="baltimoremag">{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/historypolitics/the-gavel-goes-back-to-nancy-dalesandro-pelosi-of-little-italy|title=The Gavel Goes Back to Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi of Little Italy|website=Baltimore Magazine|author=Cassie, Ron|date=January 4, 2019|access-date=May 30, 2019|archive-date=July 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713005136/https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/historypolitics/the-gavel-goes-back-to-nancy-dalesandro-pelosi-of-little-italy|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.]]<ref name=":2">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5388347/nancy-pelosi-democrats-feminism/|title=Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Care What You Think of Her|last=Ball|first=Molly|date=September 6, 2018|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115070540/https://time.com/5388347/nancy-pelosi-democrats-feminism/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her mother was born in [[Fornelli]], [[Isernia]], [[Molise]], in [[Southern Italy]], and emigrated to the U.S. in 1912;<ref>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', January 12, 2021</ref> her father traced his Italian ancestry to [[Genoa]], [[Venice]] and [[Abruzzo]].<ref name=":2" /> When Pelosi was born, her father was a Democratic congressman from Maryland. He became [[List of mayors of Baltimore|Baltimore mayor]] seven years later.<ref name=":D’AlesandroPoliticalFamily">{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-dalesandro-family-20191021-w5ftn3ue2zdhfhzvvjr6fmu644-story.html |title=The D'Alesandros: a Baltimore political powerhouse that gave us two mayors and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi |last=Campbell |first=Colin |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|access-date=October 22, 2019 |date=October 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name="frelibrar">{{cite news |last=Puzzanghera |first=Jim |title=Pelosi's aim for center may steer pundits wrong |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=November 14, 2002 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-119973286/pelosi-aim-center-may.html |access-date=March 20, 2010 |archive-date=September 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903034154/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-119973286/pelosi-aim-center-may.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Pelosi's mother was also active in politics, organizing Democratic women and teaching her daughter political skills.<ref name="NYT010219">{{cite news|last=Stolberg|first=Sheryl Gay|date=January 2, 2019|title=Nancy Pelosi, Icon of Female Power, Will Reclaim Role as Speaker and Seal a Place in History|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813155831/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker.html|archive-date=August 13, 2019|access-date=January 3, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Pelosi's brother, [[Thomas D'Alesandro III]], also a Democrat, was elected Baltimore City Council president and later served as mayor from 1967 to 1971.<ref name=":D’AlesandroPoliticalFamily" />

Pelosi helped her father at his campaign events, and she attended President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s [[Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy|inaugural address]] in January 1961.<ref name=":2" />

In 1958, Pelosi graduated from the [[Institute of Notre Dame]], an all-girls Catholic high school in Baltimore. In 1962, she graduated from Trinity College (now [[Trinity Washington University]]) in Washington, D.C., with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[political science]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Clymer |first=Adam |date=October 11, 2001|title=A new vote counter—nancy patricia pelosi.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Pelosi interned for Senator [[Daniel Brewster]] (D-Maryland) in the 1960s alongside future House majority leader [[Steny Hoyer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501521.html|title=Pelosi Splits Democrats With Push For Murtha|first1=Jonathan|last1=Weisman |first2=Lois|last2=Romano|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 16, 2006|access-date=November 16, 2006|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201132151/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501521.html|url-status=live}}</ref>