Women in politics

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards (left) during the Democratic National Convention at the International Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois. Also pictured: Representative Clarence Cannon of Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, during a radio interview. The President gave the interview as he traveled by train during his 1948 whistlestop Campaign.

Democratic National Committee Women's Division Director India Edwards (right) with Democratic National Convention Delegate from Rhode Island Margaret Sullivan (left) at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the Democratic National Convention.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (center) with India Edwards, Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee (left), and United States Ambassador to Denmark Eugenie Anderson (right). The reception was held to honor newly appointed diplomats.

Mrs. India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (center) with Mrs. S. Lewis (right) and Mrs. Edison Dick (left) at a dinner for Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson.

Mrs. India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Convention (left), greeting the United States Ambassador to Denmark, Eugenie Anderson (right). All other individuals are unidentified.

Democratic women with Senator Clinton Anderson of New Mexico. From left to right: Senator Anderson, Gladys Avery Tillett, Executive Director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee India Edwards, Margaret (Mrs. Kenneth) Royall, Mary (Mrs. Tom) Clark, and Democratic National Committee Women's Division staff member Frances Satterfield.

Mrs. India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (DNC) (left), with National Committeeman from Indiana Frank McHale (right) at an unidentified dinner event.

Ladies of the State Committee meet Mrs. India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (center), at the railroad station in Indianapolis, Indiana. All other individuals are unidentified.

Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, Democratic candidate for president (left) and his running mate, Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine (second left) are greeted by Mrs. India Edwards, who directed women's activities for the Democratic National Committee (second right), and Mrs. Emma G. Miller, oldest Democratic delegate from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania (far right).