almost 100 years later came maine's margaret chase smith, the first woman to be elected into the senatein her own right. at president john f. kennedy's last press conference in 1963, he was asked about a potential smith run:, >> i would think if i were a republican candidate, i wouldn not look forward to campaigning against margaret chase smith to new hampshire, or as a possibleg candidate for president, i think she is very formidable.shr >> woodruff: chase's bid for the 1964 republican nomination was unsuccessful, her candidacy turned out to be no laughing matter. she became the first woman to have her named entered into nomination at a major party's convention. >> women before me pioneered and smoothed the way for me to be the first women to be elected to both the house and the senate. and that i should give back in return that which had been given to me. >> woodruff: just four years after smith gave back camee shirley chisholm, the first black woman elected to congress in 1968, who moved on to become the first black woman to run as a major party candidate for president in 1972. it wa

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