menu" funds, which allows aldermen to choose from a menu of street, sidewalk, alley and anti-crime improvements. Smith appeared in the documentary Uptown: Portrait of a Palace about Chicago's Uptown Theatre. 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." Honors Smith earned a United Nations Programme Award for Citizen Action to Protect the Global Environment, an award from the Chicago Civic Federation, and a Soles and Spokes award from the Chicago Area Transportation Study. In 1997 Smith was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame as a Friend of the Community. Personal life Smith is married to Robert C. Smith, who is a professor at John Marshall Law School. They have two sons. References External links Alderman Mary Ann Smith, 48th Ward Chicago, political action committee web site 48th Ward Web Page Save Senn, an organization opposing the establishment of Rickover Naval Academy Chicago City Council members Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Women city councillors in Illinois