Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of William P. Davis
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The stakes were always high for Helen Gahagan Douglas. She entered politics passionately advocating for civil rights, income-based taxation, and global awareness of injustices. Her House service was punctuated by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, a bill Douglas introduced ensuring civilian oversight of atomic weapons. A run for Senate in 1950 against Richard Nixon ended her political career, but not before she coined the oft-used phrase, “Tricky Dick.”
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