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 267 Collections and/or Records:
Request for a Copy of The Negro Soldier
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0042
Request for Address on Speech Regarding Negro Soldiers in House of Representatives, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0068
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for American Negro History Compilation: Letter to Representative Helen G. Douglas
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0022
Request for Complimentary Copy of Publication on Negro Devotion and Heroism in the Cause of Freedom, 1946-04-16
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0042
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Congressional Material: Agricultural Economics in 1946
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0034
Request for Congressional Record Article on Negro Soldiers in World War II
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0084
Request for Congressional Record from Helen Gahagan Douglas
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0053
Request for Congressional Record from Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0053
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Congressional Record of Contributions to African American Soldiers
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0028
Request for Congressional Record of Contributions to African American Soldiers, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0028
Overview
79th (1945-1947)