The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas

by Denton, Sally
ISBN: 9781733658010
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Acclaimed author Sally Denton brings to life every dimension of the extraordinary Helen Gahagan Douglas in The Pink Lady, a compelling account of Douglas's incomparable life as stage star, politician, and public intellectual. A three-term congresswoman who ran for the U.S. Senate against Richard Nixon just thirty years after women gained the right to vote, Douglas was also a Broadway star, opera prima donna, friend of FDR, lover of LBJ, and passionate New Dealer. Tagged "The Pink Lady" during a brutal 1950 Senate campaign waged by Nixon and brought down by the same McCarthyist anti-Red hysteria that was sweeping Hollywood, Douglas is restored through Denton's rich narrative to her rightful place as a pioneer in American politics and torchbearer for progressive ideals.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Denton, Sally
  • ISBN: 9781733658010
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 8.50 x 0.67
  • Number Of Pages: 300
  • Publication Year: 2019
Language: English