Mary Ann Smith (November 2, 1946 – July 31, 2024)[1] was an alderman of the 48th ward of the City of Chicago; she was appointed in 1989 by Mayor Richard M. Daley to replace Kathy Osterman.
[8] Smith earned a United Nations Programme Award for Citizen Action to Protect the Global Environment.
[citation needed] In 2005 Smith was instrumental in the controversial decision to open Rickover Naval Academy in the facilities of Senn High School.
This decision met with intense opposition from residents and anti-war activists concerned about military recruitment of the community's poor.
On July 2, 2010, in response to the overturning of the Chicago handgun ban by the Supreme Court, she said "that law was written for militias and, "they guaranteed the right to carry around muskets not Uzis.
[citation needed] In 1997 Smith was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame as a Friend of the Community.