evidence: A 20-year-old Nancy Pelosi and John F. Kennedy.Pelosi Facebook - Nancy Pelosi was re-elected to serve as House Speaker on January 3, 2021, the only woman to hold the position. [...] Pelosi grew up in Baltimore, the daughter of the Democratic Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. As a young girl, she managed her father's book of people who owed him political favors.