Nita Lowey, a trailblazing politician who represented New York in the US House of Representatives for 32 years, has died at the age of 87.
Lowey passed away on Saturday after a long battle with metastatic breast cancer, as reported by the New York Post.
Lowey made history as the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, a position she held from 2019.
During her tenure, she frequently clashed with President Donald Trump, whom she publicly described as an “embarrassment” in 2019.
Born Nita Sue Menikoff in the Bronx in 1937, Lowey graduated from Bronx High School of Science and Mount Holyoke College.
She married attorney Stephen Lowey in 1961 and was first elected to Congress in 1988, representing New York’s 17th Congressional District.
Lowey is survived by her husband, three children, and eight grandchildren.
Her family remembered her as a devoted public servant who lived a “full and purposeful life.”