Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action.
- Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1900-1980, American actress and politician
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Image Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
Richard Nixon vs. Helen Gahagan Douglas - American Presidents Blog
... One election that really stuck out to me was Nixon’s 1950 Senate race (this is an anti-Nixon slant) against Helen Gahagan Douglas. Frank Gannon over at the “The New Nixon,” wrote that he asked Henry Fonda why he disliked Nixon and Fonda told him it was for this election (this is a pro-Nixon slant). I’ve tried in this post to give both sides of the story of this election. ...
...Most of these have been largely forgotten. But there is one still-lingering legacy of the 1950 Senate campaign: Mrs. Douglas’s memorable labeling of RN as “Tricky Dick”. ...
Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection - The Carl Albert Center, University of Oklahoma
... The Douglas Collection covers the former congresswoman's life from her early stage career until her death in 1980. Because the bulk of the materials documents her years in Congress, the collection is especially rich in covering events and issues central to the immediate post-World War II era. ...
Before Hillary Rodham Clinton, there was Helen Gahagan Douglas - The Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2008
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