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  Margaret Chase Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margaret Chase Smith (December 14, 1897–May 29, 1995) was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history.
Margaret Chase attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine and was inducted into the Alpha chapter of Sigma Kappa Sorority.
Senator Smith is historically prominent not only for her many firsts as a woman, but also for her early principled opposition to the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_Chase_Smith   (511 words)

  
 Margaret Smith Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margaret Smith Court (nee Margaret Jean Smith) (born July 16, 1942) is a retired Australian professional tennis player, who was one of the most successful players in the history of the sport.
Margaret Smith began playing tennis at the age of eight and was seventeen when she won her first of seven straight Australian Open singles titles.
Margaret Smith dominated world tennis in the first half of the 1960s until 1966 when she retired, married Barry Court, and started a family.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_Smith_Court   (491 words)

  
 Margaret Chase Smith
Senator Smith put her name at the forefront of women's achievements that have significantly improved the lives of women when, at the Republican Convention in 1964, her name was placed in nomination for the President of the United States.
Senator Smith is the first woman elected to a leadership post in the United States Senate, serving as the leader of the Conference of all Republican Senators from 1967 until her retirement.
Senator Smith is also recognized for her contribution of enduring value to women's rights when she pioneered in the area of reserve legislation and waged a successful battle for women in the armed services.
www.uma.edu /libraries/MWHOF_Website/alibmcsmith.html   (430 words)

  
 Margaret Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Margaret Smith, Liberal Democrat Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh West.
Margaret Smith, the author of Muslim Women Mystics.
Margaret Smith (1891-1964), a British author, mostly of historical romances.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_Smith   (113 words)

  
 Maine Secretary of State Kid's Page - Famous People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Skowhegan native Margaret Chase Smith was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948.
Smith distinguished herself in office by being one of the few politicians to openly stand against the "Red Scare" politics of the 1950's.
Smith also made history by running for President in 1964, becoming the first woman to be seriously considered for nomination.
www.state.me.us /sos/kids/allabout/people/m_smith.htm   (87 words)

  
 Margaret Chase Smith Library - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Margaret Chase Smith was born in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 14, 1897.
Senator Smith came to national attention on June 1, 1950, when she became the first member of the Senate to denounce the tactics used by colleague Joseph McCarthy in his anticommunist crusade.
The Margaret Chase Smith Library opened in 1982 and for the next dozen years, she presided over the facility, meeting with admirers, former constituents, politicians, policymakers, researchers, and school children.
www.mcslibrary.org /bio/biog.htm   (267 words)

  
 Margaret Smith: Devoted to church, piano, hymns
Smith will be memorialized in a funeral service at First Baptist today, four days shy of her 91st birthday.
Smith always had loved playing piano, her son said, but she made it into a career when her husband died of a heart attack on Christmas Day in 1955, leaving her to raise four children alone.
Smith is survived by a son, Donald Smith; a daughter, Marilyn Howard; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and a brother.
www.freep.com /news/obituaries/smith2_20040302.htm   (446 words)

  
 Margaret Smith Court, 1979 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
From the country town of Albury in New South Wales, where she was born July 16, 1942, Margaret was one of the first Australian notables to be developed outside of the principal cities.
Margaret was to win three Wimbledon, five French, and seven U.S. singles championships and the greatest of those victories, was probably the 1970 Wimbledon final.
Margaret was remarkable in that she continued to win major titles, such as the U.S. in 1973, after the birth of her first of three children, and was still competing at age 34 in 1977.
www.tennisfame.com /enshrinees/margaret_smith.html   (822 words)

  
 Margaret Chase Smith Center- Biography Margaret Chase Smith
Following a successful eight years in the House, Margaret Chase Smith beat the odds when she soundly defeated the incumbent governor, Horace Hildreth; former governor Sumner Sewal; and the Reverend Albion Beverage in the Republican primary and easily won the general election in September for the United States Senate in 1948.
In 1950, Margaret Chase Smith was once again brought to national attention when she authored the Declaration of Conscience, marking the beginning of the end of McCarthyism.
Throughout her career, Senator Smith received numerous honors recognizing her contributions to the nation and was the recipient of ninety-five honorary degrees from educational institutions across the country.
www.umaine.edu /mcsc/AboutUs/Bio.htm   (453 words)

  
 Old Roads Margaret Anne Smith
As a soloist, Margaret Anne is a strong vocalist with a slight country flavor to her music.
Since Margaret has experienced some personal heartache and stress, her musical presentations have a heart-felt quality that is undeniable.
I have seen Margaret Anne melt the hearts of prisoners and I have witnessed her move long-time church members.
www.oldroadsministries.org /Margaret_Anne.htm   (567 words)

  
 Margaret Louise Smith - Legal Abortion Death
Twenty-five-year-old Margaret Smith traveled from Michigan to New York for an abortion because she had been exposed to rubella.
Margaret was then left virtually unattended until her boyfriend retured at 2:00.
Margaret's vagina had been sutured, but a laceration in her uterus and cervix had not been repaired.
realchoice.0catch.com /library/deaths/bl71msmith.htm   (220 words)

  
 Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman Pioneering the Future   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1963, when Margaret Chase Smith declared her candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, she was continuing her role as political pioneer.
Born on Dec. 14, 1897, Margaret Madeline Chase was true to the spirit of independence in the state of her birth, Maine.
When Clyde Smith was elected to Congress in 1936, Margaret served as his secretary, researching material for his speeches and proposals.
www.nwhp.org /tlp/biographies/chase_smith/chase_smith-bio.html   (611 words)

  
 NPR : Margaret Low Smith
From 1985 to 1989, Smith was a producer and newswriter for San Francisco's KRON-TV's Live at Five, for which she won the Associated Press' Mark Twain Award for Best News Writing in 1987.
Smith also produced "The Mentally Ill Homeless," interviews on the streets of New York by All Things Considered host Robert Siegel, for which she received the 1991 National Mental Health Association Award, and Born Drunk, a Morning Edition series which won the 1990 Gabriel Award and the 1990 Bronze Health Journalism Award.
Smith, an avid swimmer, aspiring tennis player and elementary school room mother lives in Rockville, Maryland, with her husband Greg - a musician and filmmaker - and their sons Ben and Jeremy.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101482   (406 words)

  
 Welcome to News From Indian Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Margaret Smith spends a week each month in a blue minivan, crisscrossing northwestern Minnesota’s White Earth Indian Reservation to deliver buffalo meat, hominy corn and wild rice to elders with diabetes.
Her trips are the heart of the Mino-Miijim Project, an initiative of the nonprofit White Earth Land Recovery Project.
Smith said the cultural connection can mean as much as the food itself.
www.indiancountrynews.com /traditionalfood.cfm   (608 words)

  
 Margaret Smith and Joseph Jamieson
Margaret was born on 14th May, 1895 in Dundee.
Margaret married twice, first time to Joseph Jamieson on 29th October, 1915 and second time to John Campbell McNaughton, on 17th February, 1920.
Margaret's parents were Edward Smith and Elizabeth Herd (2nd marriage James McCann).
www.iandfchristison.btinternet.co.uk /margjoe.htm   (283 words)

  
 The Crossing Interview with Margaret Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Margaret: For me, if the images are not just personally important for the artistalmost universal, then it starts becoming art, something that I can latch onto.
Margaret: I know he was in love with beauty at all times, and he was constantly thrashing himself for that.
Margaret: I was drawn to Hopkins because of his journals and letters more than his poetry.
promontoryartists.org /crossing/margaretsmith.htm   (4249 words)

  
 Margaret Smith Taylor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Margaret Smith Taylor (1788-1852) was the wife of Zachary Taylor, who served as president of the United States in 1849 and 1850.
By that time, Margaret Taylor was a semi-invalid, and she disliked official social functions.
Taylor was born in Calvert County, Maryland, on Sept. 21, 1788.
www.worldbook.com /wc/features/presidents/html/taylor_margaret.htm   (221 words)

  
 Margaret Chase Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
She was manager for a weekly newspaper, office manager of a woolen mill and a treasurer of a garbage company.
Margaret Chase Smith died in her home in Skowhegan on May 29, 1995.
www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/smith.htm   (189 words)

  
 WIC - Women's History in America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Margaret Thatcher, who first became prime minister of Great Britain in 1979, was the only person in the 20th century to be reelected to that office for a third consecutive term (see Thatcher).
Margaret Fuller, one of the earliest female reporters, wrote 'Woman in the Nineteenth Century' in 1845.
She argued that individuals had unlimited capacities and that when people's roles were defined according to their sex, human development was severely limited.
www.wic.org /misc/history.htm   (4166 words)

  
 Alibris: Margaret Smith
Margaret Fuller-journalist, critic, radical feminist, and political activist-was a foreign correspondent for the New-York Tribune from 1846-50.
Writer Lillian Smith (1897-1966) devoted her life to lifting the veil of southern self-deception about race, class, gender, and sexuality.
by Smith, Margaret T, and Brans, Jo A major work on the stages of adaptation mothers must go through in adjusting to untraditional lifestyles their children choose, demonstrating how mothers can let go of their children and forge more meaningful relationships with them.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Margaret_Smith   (1247 words)

  
 Old Roads Ministries
Margaret Anne Smith of Louisville, Kentucky, is no stranger to Gospel music.
Margaret has a tremendous quality of perfection and a heart that loves God.
Margaret Anne Smith's new release on HMG-Nashville Christian Country Volume 53 is "No More Blessed" and is destined to be a favorite with Christian Country DJs.
www.oldroadsministries.org   (507 words)

  
 Margaret Chase Smith
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897–1995, U.S. senator from Maine (1949–73), b.
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 John Campbell McNaughton and Margaret Smith
Margaret was born on 14th May, 1895 at 6.50 am, Albert Street, Dundee.
Margaret Smith was born on 27th March, 1956 at Maternity Hospital, Dundee.
Mary Margaret was born on 9th January, 1960, Maternity Hospital, Dundee.
www.iandfchristison.btinternet.co.uk /johnmarg.htm   (1259 words)

  
 Margaret Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Margaret Smith is a recognized authority on wine and food.
Prior to her ZAP leadership, Margaret was the founding Executive Director of Women for WineSense.
Margaret previously directed the Entertainment Kitchen at Sunset Magazine and Books where she was responsible for creating their showcase wine cellar.
www.toyonhillpress.com /marg.html   (100 words)

  
 Court, Margaret Smith --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Australian tennis player Margaret Smith Court won 66 major titles between 1960 and 1975.
The first woman to serve in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate was Margaret Chase Smith.
She was born on Dec. 14, 1897, in Skowhegan, Me. First a businesswoman, she became a politician in 1940 when her husband, Clyde H. Smith, a member of Congress, died and she was elected to serve out his term.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9320494?tocId=9320494&query=margaret   (829 words)

  
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Margaret Abigail Smith Cantwell was born Margaret Abigail Smith on July 29, 1844 at Chateaugay, Franklin County New York; she died Sept 8, 1918.
She was the daughter of Henry B. Smith, who was a Circuit Court Judge in Franklin County.
Margaret Smith and Thomas Cantwell were married on Augu (showing 500 of 1324 characters).
www.askart.com /artist/C/margaret_abigail_smith_cantwell.asp?ID=115567   (267 words)

  
 Margaret Low Smith Named Vice President for NPR2, NPR's New Satellite Radio Unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Smith has been Director of the satellite radio division since November, 1999.
Smith brings nearly 20 years of public radio journalism experience to her new role.
Smith came to NPR as a production assistant for Morning Edition® in 1982.
www.npr.org /about/press/001017.npr2.html   (450 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Court, Margaret Smith
Court, Margaret Smith, born in 1942, Australian tennis player who won 24 major singles titles.
Her championships included a grand slam in 1970,...
Margaret Smith Court [International Tennis Hall of Fame]
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761589509/Margaret_Smith_Court.html   (85 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Paintings > Margaret Chase Smith
The decision to include a portrait of Margaret Chase Smith in the U.S. Senate Collection was a result of the efforts of Democratic Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, Republican Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi, Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, and Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine.
An advisory board was established, composed of historians, curators, and Smith’s relatives, to review artists’ submissions and provide recommendations to the commission.
Images were gathered from the Margaret Chase Smith Library Center at the Norwood Institute in Skowhegan, and the artist interviewed friends and colleagues of the senator to gain a better understanding of her and her many accomplishments.
www.senate.gov /artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_32_00041.htm   (324 words)

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