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 Summary of Accomplishments of Negras in World War II
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0076
Request for Summary of Achievements of Negro Soldiers and Sailors of the War
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0090
Request for War History of Negroes in World War One
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0074
Research Project Request: The Plight of the Negro Today, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0067
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Research Project Request: The Plight of the Negro Today
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0067
Resolution for Restoring Veterans' Benefits
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.1_13_18_0007
Resolution for Restoring Veterans' Benefits, 1946-10-09
Item — Box: 13, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.1_13_18_0007
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Resolution Regarding Veterans' Benefits, 1946-10-31
Item — Box: 13, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.1_13_18_0009
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Resolution Regarding Veterans' Benefits
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.1_13_18_0009
Rosevelt's Philosophy of World Security and Collective Action: A Speech By Helen Gahagan Douglas
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_5_151_1_0013