Title supplied by cataloger. Helen Gahagan was a successful Broadway performer who, in 1931, married actor Melvyn Douglas. Elected in 1944, Gahagan Douglas was the third woman elected to Congress from California. She served California's 14th congressional district as a liberal Democrat from 1945-1951. Future congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas (left of center) sits around a radio with other supporters of incumbent President Franklin Delano Roosevelt awaiting the results of the 1940 election.
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1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945--Elections Douglas, Helen Gahagan,--1900-1980 Women legislators--United States Legislators--United States Presidents--Campaigns--United States
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