For the former Maine senator, see Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Chase Smith was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name...

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Margaret Alma Chase Camajani (October 13, 1905 – October 4, 1997) was an American Red Cross

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...

 recreation club worker during World War II. From August 1942 to May 1945 she was assigned to England and North Africa near General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

’s headquarters. Chase dated Ernest “Tex” Lee during most of this time and was considered a part of the Allied Forces Headquarters

Allied Forces Headquarters

Allied Force Headquarters was the headquarters that controlled all Allied operational forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II from late 1942 to the end of the war....

(AFHQ) staff “family.”

External links

• Papers of Margaret Chase, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library