Women in politics

Chairperson of the Women's Division of the Democratic Party, India Edwards (left), and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at a formal dinner. Woman on the right is unidentified.

Left to right: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Women's Day Chairman; Katie Louchheim, Vice Chairwoman, Democratic National Committee; former First Lady Bess W. Truman; Corinne "Lindy" Boggs, President, Womens' National Democratic Committee; and an unidentified woman on Democratic Women's Day.

A group of women at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Pictured, first row: former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (second from left); former First Lady Bess W. Truman (third from left); Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (fifth from left); and Lady Bird (Mrs. Lyndon B.) Johnson (sixth from left). All others unidentified.

A group of women at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Pictured, first row: former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (second from left); former First Lady Bess W. Truman (third from left); Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (fifth from left); and Lady Bird (Mrs. Lyndon B.) Johnson (sixth from left). All others unidentified.

Mrs. Ann Chapman at a reception in honor by the Roane County Women's Democratic Club in Spencer, West Virginia. From left to right: Mrs. R. H. Forford; Mrs. Vora Weaver; Mrs. W. R. Vineyard, reception Chairman; Camille Harper; Mrs. Willa Boothe, Chairman, Roane County Women's Democratic Club; Mrs. Chapman; Mrs. Evelyn Burnside; and Mrs. H. B. Sinnett.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards with the First Lady Bess Truman. Pictured (left to right): Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley, India Edwards, First Lady Bess Truman, and United States Ambassador to Denmark Eugenie Anderson.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards (second from left) with United States Ambassador to Denmark, Eugenie Anderson (left), Judge Burnita S. Matthews (second from right), and Federal Communications Commissioner Frieda Hennock (right).

Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman India Edwards (right) giving a speech during the Regional Conference of Western Democratic States in San Francisco, California. Also pictured: Vice-President Alben Barkley (left). All other individuals are unidentified.

India Edwards, Executive Director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee (left) with New York State Chairman Paul Fitzpatrick (right) during a meeting in Rochester, New York.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards at an unidentified event with the First Lady and First Daughter. Pictured (left to right): Mrs. George Lucky, India Edwards, First Daughter Margaret Truman, Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Mrs. Esther Murray, and unidentified woman. All other individuals are unidentified.