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 511 Collections and/or Records:
Recognition of African American Service Men in Congress
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0088
Recognition of Colored Soldiers in Congressional Record
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0097
Recognizing the Valor: Honoring the War Record of African American Troops
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Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0017
Reminder of Joint NSF-NACFL Committee meeting to discuss activities, finances.
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_8.12_9_53_0007
Rent Control Bill Introduced by Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1948-03-11
Item — Box: 171, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_5_171_3_0028
Reprinting Remarks on Negro Soldier: Telegram Exchange
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0078
Request for 1500 Copies of The Negro Soldier by Helen Gahagan Douglas
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Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0023
Request for 1500 Copies of The Negro Soldier by Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1946-03-20
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0023
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for a Copy of Congressional Speech - Russell H. Massingale
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0002
Request for a Copy of Speech on the Role of the Negro Soldier in War
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0038