Gahagan

I guess I am always looking for a reason to keep Helen Gahagan Douglas alive: not easy as those who remember 1950 fade away.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

Amid all this, I find myself thinking back on Helen Gahagan Douglas who, in an infamous 1950 U. S Senate race in California, refused to stoop to the vicious level of her opponent, a young Congressman named Richard Nixon.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

She smiled ruefully when asked if she was aware that people had started wearing buttons that said, "Don't blame me, I voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas."

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

I guess I am always looking for a reason to keep Helen Gahagan Douglas alive: not easy as those who remember 1950 fade away.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

Amid all this, I find myself thinking back on Helen Gahagan Douglas who, in an infamous 1950 U. S Senate race in California, refused to stoop to the vicious level of her opponent, a young Congressman named Richard Nixon.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

Helen Gahagan Douglas, unlike this current crop of candidates, was a political role model for women when there were very few.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

Helen Gahagan Douglas, unlike this current crop of candidates, was a political role model for women when there were very few.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

I guess I am always looking for a reason to keep Helen Gahagan Douglas alive: not easy as those who remember 1950 fade away.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

Amid all this, I find myself thinking back on Helen Gahagan Douglas who, in an infamous 1950 U. S Senate race in California, refused to stoop to the vicious level of her opponent, a young Congressman named Richard Nixon.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010

Amid all this, I find myself thinking back on Helen Gahagan Douglas who, in an infamous 1950 U. S Senate race in California, refused to stoop to the vicious level of her opponent, a young Congressman named Richard Nixon.

Michele Willens: Today's Female Leaders Have Chutzpah, But What Happened to Class? Michele Willens 2010