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 401 Collections and/or Records:
Request for Record of Hyeres' Participation in War, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0054
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Record of Negroes in Armed Services Contributions
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0086
Request for Record of Negroes in Armed Services Contributions, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0086
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Reprint Copies of Speech on Negro Soldiers
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0091
Request for Reprint Copies of Speech on Negro Soldiers, 1946-01-01 - 1946-12-31
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0091
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Soldier History Book
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0021
Request for Speech Excerpts: The Role of the Negro Soldier in World War II
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0058
Request for Speech on Negro Devotion and Heroism: February 12, 1946
Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0071
Request for Speech on Negro Devotion and Heroism: February 12, 1946, 1946-02-12
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0071
Overview
79th (1945-1947)
Request for Speech on Negro Soldiers in WWII, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31
Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0078
Overview
79th (1945-1947)