As the words left my mouth, there was a big fireball at my knees,” Duckworth told Stars and Stripes in 2005. Duckworth was the first female double amputee in the war, HuffPost reported. That will make Duckworth the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. Dole, a World War II veteran who was seriously injured in combat, served as an example for her next step: political office. The couple conceived with in vitro fertilization, Duckworth told the Chicago Sun-Times.

Source: thestar January 24, 2018 18:56 UTC