title: Helen Gahagan Douglas
text: Helen Gahagan Douglas (November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and politician. She was the third woman and first Democratic woman elected to Congress from California. 
  
  Her election made California one of the first two states to elect female members to the House from both parties.
  
  Gahagan died on in New York City, New York from breast cancer and lung cancer, aged 79.
  
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  1900 births
  1980 deaths
  Deaths from lung cancer
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  American movie actors
  American stage actors
  United States representatives from California
  Actors from New Jersey
  Actors from California
  US Democratic Party politicians