Dianne Feinstein, who surmounted an abusive childhood and early political failures to become the first woman to represent California in the Senate and a central figure in the rise of women to national political power, has died. She was 90.
Feinstein, a towering political figure for decades, was the oldest member of the U.S. Senate upon her death. Questions about her mental capacity shadowed her final years in office, and the race to succeed her is already underway.
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