Elizabeth Dole is best known as a true American trailblazer, having served — and this is a partial list — as the first female Secretary of Transportation, and thus the first female leader of a ...

Pepsi: Bob Dole Former presidential candidate and Senate majority leader Bob Dole got a lot of attention when he turned up in a 1998 ad for the then-new drug Viagra, but erectile dysfunction drugs had ...

In the 1990s, he compromised with Democrats, backed abortion rights, increased spending for schools and used an income-tax hike to help tame a huge budget deficit. By Adam Nossiter The event, a ...

In March 1990, several demonstrations led by the disability rights group ADAPT served as an impetus to passing the Americans with Disabilities Act. Signed 35 years ago this month, the ADA was the ...

(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - On July 26, 1990, protesters, grassroots organizers, lawmakers and everyday Americans showed up in droves to the South Lawn of the White House to watch President George H.W.

Former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole greets N.C. Speaker of the House Destin Hall prior to a special ceremony in the House chamber of the Legislative Building on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C.

Elizabeth Dole, North Carolina’s first woman U.S. senator, was honored by the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday during special ceremonies, and will soon have a portion of Interstate 85 ...

Awarded two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars with an oak leaf cluster. Dole served as a spokesman for men’s health issues including prostate exams and impotence. Dole served as Chairman of the ...

Jimmy Carter, flanked by his wife Rosalynn Smith and his daughter Amy, and Walter Mondale raise their hands during a rally in 1976 in New York. CATHY WURZER: Now, 48 years ago this month, a different ...

We live in mean political times. Elected officials in both parties treat one another with disdain. That’s why I’ve found myself thinking about two great members of the U.S. Senate, Kansan Bob Dole and ...

President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole. The former North Carolina senator spent her political career ...