Edwards, India

Political activist.

From the description of Reminiscences of India Edwards : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122598141

Government official and journalist.

From the description of Papers, 1928-1977. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70943999

Edwards was born in Chicago and worked as a journalist (1918-1942) before becoming active in the women's division of the Democratic Party, where she was executive secretary (1945-1947), associate director (1947-1948), executive director (1948-1950), and vice chair (1950-1956). She was also director of the Washington office of the New York State Dept. of Commerce and president of the Girls' Club of America, Inc.

Dewson was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Wellesley College in 1897. She was the first head of the parole department (1900-1912) of the Massachusetts State Inudstrial School for Girls (Lancaster), and worked for a minimum wage in Massachusetts and later with the National Consumers' League. She also worked for woman suffrage, and with the American Red Cross in France, 1917-1919. Believing she could best further social justice by strengthening women's activities in the Democratic Party, she organized women in the party from 1928 to her resignation as head of the Women's Division in 1936.

From the description of Letters, 1947-1962 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007565