"North by East" piece with a brief profile of Margaret Chase Smith, who died May

Authors

Source

Down East

Date

8-1-1995

Pages

40-41

Abstract

"North by East" piece with a brief profile of Margaret Chase Smith, who died May 29 at her home in Skowhegan at the age of ninety-seven. Mrs. Smith was the first woman elected in her own right to both houses of Congress. Senator Smith will be remembered by her fellow Mainers for two defining acts: her courageous and now-famous speech in 1950 opposing Senator Joseph McCarthy and, less well-known but just as telling, her decision to run for the Senate in 1948.

Subjects

Smith, Margaret Chase

Recommended Citation

""North by East" piece with a brief profile of Margaret Chase Smith, who died May" (1995). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 1961.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/1961