Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980

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Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980

Description:

Bio: Helen Gahagan Douglas (b. Helen Gahagan, November 25, 1900, Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey-d. June 28, 1980, New York, New York), actress and politician. She served as the Democratic National committeewoman for California and the vice chairman of the Democratic State central committee and chairman of the women’s division from 1940 to 1944. Douglas was also a member of the national advisory committee of the Works Progress Administration and of the State committee of the National Youth Administration in 1939 and 1940, a member of the board of governors of the California Housing and Planning Association in 1942 and 1943, and was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a member of the Voluntary Participation Committee in the Office of Civilian Defense. Douglas was appointed by President Harry S. Truman as an alternate United States Delegate to the United Nations Assembly. She was elected to the House of Representatives for California in 1945 and served until 1951.

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LBJ Connection: U.S. Congresswoman, California, 1945-1951; Special Ambassador, appointed by President Johnson, U.S. delegation to Inauguration ceremonies of President William V.S. Tubman, Liberia, 1964