Helen Douglas

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Helen Gahagan (November 25, 1900 June 28, 1980) was an American actress and (under the name Helen Gahagan Douglas) a politician. She was the third 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.