Women in politics

Delegates of the Western States Democratic Conference held in San Francisco, California. From left to right, three unidentified women; Ms. Ruth Dodds; Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee; Mrs. Elinor Raas Heller; unidentified woman.

India Edwards, Chairman of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee (left) during an interview for a radio show. All other individuals are unidentified.

A Democratic National Committee luncheon for party leaders from Michigan and Indiana. Pictured (from left to right): Michigan State Congresswoman Martha Wright Griffiths, Indiana Governor Henry Frederick Schricker, Democratic National Committee Vice-Chair India Edwards, Indiana State Chairman Ira L. Haymaker, Indiana State Vice-Chair Ruby Ware, National Committeewoman Jennie (Mrs. Samuel) Ralston, and Congressman James Noland. All other individuals are unidentified.

Select members of the Democratic National Committee outside of President Harry S. Truman's office at the White House in Washington, D.C. Among those present are India Edwards, Vice Chairman of the Women's Division (second row, third from left) and Gael Sullivan (front row, third from right). All others are unidentified.

A Democratic National Committee Luncheon for party leaders from Indiana and Michigan. Pictured (from left to right): two unidentified men, Michigan State Congresswoman Martha Wright Griffiths, Indiana Governor Henry Frederick Schricker, Democratic National Committee Vice-Chair Mrs. India Edwards, Indiana State Chairman Ira L. Haymaker, Indiana State Vice-Chairman Mrs. Ruby Ware, National Committeewoman Jennie (Mrs. Samuel) Ralston, and Congressman James Noland, and two unidentified men.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards (right) with an unidentified woman at the Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman poses with a large group of Democrats outside the White House. Front row (l-r): O.S. Warden, Democratic National Committee Member; Oscar R. Ewing, Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman; Leif Erickson, Nominee for Senator, Montana; Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, Nominee for Senator, Maryland; President Truman; Bernice (Mrs. Wallace) Kingsbury; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; H.J. McMurray, Nominee for Senator, Wisconsin; John Redstrom, Nominee for Representative, Wisconsin; M.G. Burnside, Nominee for Representative, West Virginia; J.Y.

Mrs. Bernice Pyke of Cleveland, Ohio (right), the first woman elected to attend a political convention, takes a drink from a tray held by Patricia Hannegan, daughter of Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan.

At a reception at the Carlton Hotel, Washington, D.C., honoring Perle Mesta, Minister to Luxembourg, are: Left to right: Perle Mesta, Bess Truman, Georgia Neese Clark (Treasurer of the United States), India Edwards (the hostess), and Mrs. Charles W. Tillet, formerly director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman (center), Mrs. Charles Brannan (right), and an unidentified woman (left) meet at the Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., to attend a luncheon. They are to appear later that evening at a reception to honor "Women in Politics." From: Truman Home.