Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980
Person
Biographical:
Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) began her professional career on the Broadway stage and was deemed a "star" at age twenty-two. By the 1930s, she left the Northeast and moved to California with her husband, Hollywood actor Melvyn Douglas. Although she made only one movie herself--the science fiction film, She--she soon found herself immersed in politics. She worked with the Farm Security Administration and later was elected Democratic National Committeewoman from California. In 1944, she was elected as the representative of California's Fourteenth District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was successfully reelected to this position in 1946 and 1948. A tireless New Deal Democrat, Douglas was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and served as an alternate delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations. In 1950, she opposed Richard M. Nixon in the general election for the U.S. Senate. The campaign was especially brutal with the Republicans quite "liberal" in their charges that Douglas was a communist. Nixon easily won the election. Though Douglas never entered the political fray again, she remained a tireless public speaker and activist.
Found in 560 Collections and/or Records:
Changes in Separation Criteria for Medical Department Officers
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_29_1_0009
City Center celebrates 30th anniversary, invites Helen Gahagan Douglas.
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_8.12_9_24_0007
Class of Service Symbols and Request for Action on Contempt Citations, 1946-01-01 - 1946-01-01
Item — Box: 74, Folder: 15
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.2_74_15_0011
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Class of Service Symbols for Western Telegrams and Cables
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0020
Class of Service Symbols: Telegram to Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0011
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Class of Service Symbols: Telegram to Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0011
Collaboration on Negro Soldier Manuscript
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0094
Command of "Negro" Troops: Understanding and Leadership in the Military
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_2_0005
Commendation for Congresswoman Dangles
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0029
Commendation for Congresswoman Dangles, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0029
Overview
79th (1945-1947)