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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:

Class of Service Symbols: Telegram to Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas

 Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0011
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Collaboration on Negro Soldier Manuscript

 Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0094
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Command of "Negro" Troops: Understanding and Leadership in the Military

 Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_2_0005
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Commendation for Congresswoman Dangles

 Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0029
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Commendation for Congresswoman Dangles, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31

 Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0029
Overview 79th (1945-1947)
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection / 79th Congress / General Files / Negro Soldiers: Correspondence and Data, March 11-May, 1947

Commendation for Remarks on the Record of the Negro Soldier

 Digital item
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0039
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Commendation for Remarks on the Record of the Negro Soldier, 1946-04-08

 Item — Box: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0039
Overview 79th (1945-1947)
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection / 79th Congress / General Files / Negro Soldiers: Correspondence and Data, March 11-May, 1947

Commending World Reneges War II Contributions

 Digital Work
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_22_9_0008
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Comparing Candidates: Congressman Nixon vs. Mrs. Douglas, 1950-08-29

 Item — Box: 173, Folder: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_5_173_8_0005
Overview 81st (1949-1951)
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection / Political Papers / Pink Sheet of Nixon on Helen Gahagan Douglas in 1950 Campaign

Comparing Congressional Voting Records: Douglas vs. Marcantonio, 1945-01-01

 Item — Box: 173, Folder: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_5_173_8_0004
Overview 79th (1945-1947)
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection / Political Papers / Pink Sheet of Nixon on Helen Gahagan Douglas in 1950 Campaign

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