Title:
Helen Gahagan Douglas letter, 1969 April 23
Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of California
Abstract:
One letter (TLS) to Mrs. David Ellis Lit, re book The Eleanor Roosevelt We Knew, Sept. 19 , 1963; also one letter (ALS) to
Harriette von Breton, soliciting gifts for the Harlem School of the Arts, Inc. New York, 23 April 1969. Douglas was an actress
and the first woman elected to Congress from California, in 1944. She later coined the term "Tricky Dick," for Richard Nixon,
who had run a smear campaign against her in the 1950 Senate race, which he won.
Date:
1969 (issued)
Note:
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Cite as: [Identification of item], Helen Gahagan Douglas letter, SC 86. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Physical Description:
0.02 linear feet
Language:
English
Identifier:
Origin:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Copyright Note:
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