View gallery Image Credit: WireImage for Vanity Fair Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi may be best known for her decades-long political career, but at home she was also a devoted mother of five. While raising her children in San Francisco, Pelosi balanced full-time motherhood with a relentlessly demanding public life. According to the biography Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power, she was a firm parent with a whimsical side.