Editing Nancy Pelosi (section)

== Early career ==
[[File:President John F. Kennedy Attends Swearing-In of Thomas D'Alesandro.jpg|thumb|Pelosi, her mother, and President [[John F. Kennedy]] watch as her father is sworn in as a member of the Renegotiation Board, 1961.|left]]

After moving to [[San Francisco]], Pelosi became friends with 5th district congressman [[Phillip Burton]] and began working her way up in Democratic politics.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marcovitz |first1=Hal |title=Nancy Pelosi: politician |url=https://archive.org/details/nancypelosipolit0000marc |url-access=registration |date=2009 |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |isbn=9781438120423|pages=29–30}}</ref> In 1976, she was elected as a [[Democratic National Committee]] member from California, a position she would hold until 1996.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/26/nancy-pelosi-politician-speaker |first=Chris |last=McGreal |title=Nancy Pelosi: is this the most powerful woman in US history? |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=March 26, 2010 |location=London |access-date=June 14, 2010 |archive-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203031106/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/26/nancy-pelosi-politician-speaker |url-status=live }}</ref> She was elected as party chair for Northern California in 1977, and four years later was selected to head the [[California Democratic Party]], which she led until 1983. Subsequently, Pelosi served as the San Francisco [[1984 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]] Host Committee chairwoman in 1984, and then as [[Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee]] finance chair from 1985 to 1986.<ref name="FastFacts">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/nancy-pelosi-fast-facts/index.html |title=Nancy Pelosi Fast Facts |date=March 21, 2019 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=May 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215084957/https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/nancy-pelosi-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>