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:
Request for a Copy of Speech on the Role of the Negro Soldier in War, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0038
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
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
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0068
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 American Negro History Compilation: Letter to Representative Helen G. Douglas, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0022
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Collection of Negro American Service Man Heroism
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0061
Request for Complimentary Copy of Publication on Negro Devotion and Heroism in the Cause of Freedom
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0042
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