Jean Carnahan, Missouri's First Female Senator, Dies at 90

Carnahan, Appointed to Senate Following Husband's Posthumous Election, Remembered as 'Fearless Trailblazer'

Jean Carnahan, the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate, has died at the age of 90.
Carnahan was appointed to the Senate in 2001 after her husband, Gov. Mel Carnahan, was posthumously elected following his death in a plane crash.
She served in the Senate for nearly two years, championing issues such as education, children, seniors, and working families.
Carnahan was remembered as a 'fearless trailblazer' and a 'brilliant, creative, compassionate' individual dedicated to her family and fellow Missourians.
A public memorial service for Carnahan will be held on February 10 at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis.