Women in politics

An unidentified speaker at a Democratic Party Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. In attendance are Vice-President Alben Barkley (third from left) and Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee (fourth from left). All others are unidentified.

Mrs. India Edwards, Volunteer in the Women's Division of Democratic National Committee (front, center) with her unidentified secretary (back) in their New York Office. All others are unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards (center) with two unidentified women, possibly at an event in Texas.

Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, with Mr. Oliver Carter, California State Democratic Party Chairman, at the Western States Democratic Conference held in San Francisco, California. Others are unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman Mrs. India Edwards at the Carlton Hotel. From left to right: Journalist Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Eda Brannan, and Florence Jaffray (Mrs. J. Borden) Harriman.

Mrs. India Edwards, Women's Director, Democratic National Committee, (left) gives Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas (right) a hug after the Congresswoman's speech before the Democratic National Convention.

The First Lady, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, with various women Democratic Party leaders. From left to right: United States Ambassador to Luxembourg Perle Mesta, Mrs. Truman, Treasurer of the United States Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark, Democratic National Committee Vice-Chair India Edwards, and Mrs. Gladys Avery Tillett.

Jazz musician and actress Hazel Scott (right) speaks with a woman at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in New York, New York. Ms. Scott is bringing in a "Jar for F.D.R." as part of a Democratic fundraising campaign.

Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee (left), holding an inscribed photo of President Harry S. Truman alongside First Daughter Margaret Truman (center) and Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture (right).

Federal Communications Commissioner Frieda B. Hennock (left), Mrs. William H. Davies of New York (center), and former Arkansas Senator Hattie Caraway (right).