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Title: The Pink Lady

Subtitle: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas

Author: Sally Denton

Narrator: Denice Stradling

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-13

Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

If Hillary Clinton struggled to crack the glass ceiling in 2008, imagine the challenges that faced Helen Gahagan Douglas. She was a three-term Congresswoman beginning in 1944, and ran for the U.S. Senate against Richard Nixon just three decades after women gained the right to vote. Douglas was also a Broadway star, opera prima donna, friend of FDR, lover of LBJ, and passionate New Dealer. Acclaimed author Sally Denton brings every dimension of this extraordinary woman to life in The Pink Lady, a compelling account of Douglas's incomparable life as stage star, politician, and public intellectual. A brutal 1950 Senate campaign waged by Republican Congressman Richard Nixon ended Douglas' career as an elected official - Nixon and his henchmen tagged Douglas "The Pink Lady" and, with the help of the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover, made her victim to the same McCarthyist anti-Red hysteria that was sweeping Hollywood. Nixon's savage campaign was the prototype of right-wing smear tactics, a model studied by Lee Atwater and Karl Rove. Over four decades in politics, Douglas was a torchbearer for progressive ideals, supporting legislation for affordable housing, public education, and social security extension; in foreign policy she fought for nuclear disarmament and the creation of Israel. Denton's rich narrative restores Douglas to her rightful place as a pioneer of American politics.

Members Reviews:

Pictures missing?

I learned a lot from this book, even though I had heard a lot about this time in California from my parents, and from reading on my own, but there was some very important information that was new to me. There was so much talk about how gorgeous HGD was, and so there should have more pictures than just on the cover. Does the hardcover have photos of the people mentioned in the book? Kindle versions usually have the books' illustrations.

Loved this book

Loved this book. Learned so much about Helen Gahanna Douglas,and American Democracy. Would love for more women to read this book. She was a pioneer,paving the way for women in politics.

Four Stars

Fascinating, well documented book about a dark part of our political history that presaged the downfall of Richard Nixon.

I learned so much

I had just finished No Ordinary Time, the book about FDR and the war years. The Pink Lady fit right in. I enjoyed it and learned a lot

It was a good read, and an interesting read. I always knew about Tricky Dick but not about Helen Douglas.

Why I Liked the Book

I enjoyed reading The Pink Lady because at the time she (Helen Gahagan Douglas) ran against Richard Nixon I was a student at UCLA. My grandmother had been in the campaign that Nixon won previously. She told me "Nixon was a bad guy," so I worked for Douglas. She was really lambasted by the Nixon campaign with lots of inaccurate information. I never knew of the other parts of her life and this book reinforced my reason for supporting her. It also showed how good people can be easily ruined in public life.

Judy B. Rosener Ph.D.