She defied McCarthy when the Senate stayed silent | Margaret Chase Smith

In 1950, Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine risked her career by standing against Joseph McCarthy and the fear spreading through Washington. Her historic Declaration of Conscience challenged McCarthyism, political intimidation, and character assassination during America’s Cold War and Red Scare era.

Smith defended every American’s right to criticize, protest, hold unpopular beliefs, and think independently. Four years later, the United States Senate censured Joseph McCarthy. Smith continued serving until 1973 and made history again at the 1964 Republican National Convention.

This powerful American history story remembers the woman whose courage broke the silence when others were afraid to speak.

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