Helen Gahagan Douglas

Helen Gahagan Douglas

Helen Gahagan (November 25, 1900 - June 28, 1980) was an American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan Douglas) a politician. She was of Scottish and Irish descent. She was the second woman and first Democratic woman elected to Congress from California; her election made California one of the first two states (the other was Illinois) to have elected female members of the House from both parties

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