Step 1 : Introduction to the question "In 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman to hold which title?"
...On January 4, 2007, John Boehner handed the speaker of the House gavel over to Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic Representative from California. With the passing of the gavel, she became the first woman to hold the speaker of the House position, as well as the only woman to get that close the presidency. “It is an historic moment for the Congress, and a historic moment for the women of this country. It is a moment for which we have waited over 200 years,” Pelosi said after receiving the gavel. Nancy Pelosi reclaimed the House speakership yesterday, becoming the first politician in 58 years to take back the gavel.