HELEN GAHAGAN DOUGLAS (1900-) discusses her background and childhood; Barnard College education; Broadway, theater and opera years; early political organization and Democratic party work; the Congressional campaigns, supporters; home and office in Washington; issues during the Congress years, 1944-50; the 1950 Senate campaign against Richard M. Nixon, and aftermath; women and independence; occupations since
1950: speaking engagements, travel to Russia, South America, Liberia inauguration, civic activities, life in Vermont.
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Helen Gahagan Douglas: Helen Gahagan Douglas Volume IV: Congresswoman, Actress, and Opera Singer
Note
Douglas, Helen Gahagan. "Helen Gahagan Douglas: Helen Gahagan Douglas Volume IV: Congresswoman, Actress, and Opera Singer." Interview by Amelia Fry in 1973, 1974 and 1976. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1982. Interview date(s) 1973
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