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 Information on African American Soldiers in World War II
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0095
Request for Information on African American Soldiers in World War II, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0095
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Information on American Negro Servicemen in WWII
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0038
Request for Information on Negro Service Personnel in WWII, 1946-05-13
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0060
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Information on Negroes' Contributions in the War
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0047
Request for Manuscript on Negro Devotion and Heroism: Letter to Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0056
Request for Material on the Negro Soldier: Correspondence from Mrs. Mamie Gladdish, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0018
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Multiple Copies of Report on Negra and The War, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0006
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Operations of Negro Units in World War II, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0073
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Record of Hyeres' Participation in War
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0054