Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine)
Four term U.S. Senator (1949-1973)
Honored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)
I was only at the Senate when a vote was in progress once around 1970-71. Sen. Smith was the only women in the Senate. Senators walk in, vote and leave. More well-known male senators were barely noticed by the audience. Mrs. Smith (only woman) and Sen. Ted Kennedy were noticed.