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Vor 5 Tagen · Helen Gahagan Douglas since I briefly met her (as a cub reporter) in 1973. It was smack in the middle of Watergate, and she had not been seen or heard from since Nixon beat her in the (until then ...
6. Juni 2024 · Speaking, as we were, of Broadway—and history—my lifelong hero was a woman named Helen Gahagan Douglas. She started on the New York stage, then became an international opera star, and later married actor Melvyn Douglas. When he enlisted in World War Two, Helen was elected to Congress from California.
Vor 3 Tagen · Women have served in the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United States Congress, since 1917 following the election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana, the first woman in Congress. [1] In total, 376 women have been U.S. representatives and seven more have been non-voting delegates.
Vor 2 Tagen · Reagan also supported Harry S. Truman in the 1948 presidential election, and Helen Gahagan Douglas for the U.S. Senate in 1950. It was Reagan's belief that communism was a powerful backstage influence in Hollywood that led him to rally his friends against them.
9. Juni 2024 · The 1952 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the presidency by a large margin. The 32 Senate seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections, and three special elections were held to fill vacancies. The Republicans took control ...
19. Juni 2024 · For Helen Gahagan Douglas, Watergate was years in the works, which she learned the hard way.
Vor 4 Tagen · Helen Gahagan Douglas in The Eleanor Roosevelt We Remember" ("The Quotable Woman", Vol. Two, edited by Elaine Partnow, 1963,) wrote: "Would Eleanor Roosevelt have had to struggle to overcome this tortuous shyness if she had grown up secure in the knowledge that she was a beautiful girl?
