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The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas
by
Sally Denton
A long-overdue political biography of Helen Gahagan Douglas—Broadway star, Congresswoman, Nixon nemesis, and forgotten heroine of A merican liberalism. If Hillary Clinton struggled to crack the glass ceiling in 2008, imagine the challenges that faced Helen Gahagan Douglas. She was a three-term Congresswoman beginning in 1944, and ran for the U .S. Senate against Richa...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
November 10th 2009
by Bloomsbury Press
(first published 2009)
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Partly my "really liking it" is because I've always had a hard time with biography. But this was easy to read, short so I didn't feel overwhelmed.
And I enjoyed learning about Helen Gahagan Douglas, she was an interesting woman and she achieved a lot at a time when it wasn't "womanly" to be involved in politics.
And I enjoyed learning about Helen Gahagan Douglas, she was an interesting woman and she achieved a lot at a time when it wasn't "womanly" to be involved in politics.
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This is a well-researched, concise life of the former actress, activist, singer and congresswoman, known more so today, probably, for the smear campaign waged against her by then congressman Richard Nixon. A victim of the infamous McCarthy witch hunts of the 1940's and '50's, the author does a good job of telling the salient points of Mrs. Douglas's life. It's a good read.
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