Nancy Pelosi's rise from Baltimore to San Francisco intertwines public service and wealth, culminating in her status as one of America's richest and most powerful politicians

Nancy Pelosi's climb to political prominence was anticipated in many respects.

Nancy D'Alesandro, the daughter of the powerful Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., who held the positions of congressman from Maryland and mayor of Baltimore from 1947 to 1959, was Nancy D'Alesandro decades before she became the first female sp...