Political leadership

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.

Margaret M. O'Riordan (left), India Edwards (center), and Florence M. Lynch (right) at the National Democratic Conference and Jefferson Jubilee at the Chicago Stadium, Chicago. India Edwards is the head of the Women's Division of the National Democratic Committee.

Truman for President buttons made their first appearance when Mrs. India Edwards, Associate Director of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) (left), sported two of them on her lapel when she attended President Harry S. Truman's (right) White House broadcast marking the admission of women into the Executive Committee of the DNC.

Mrs. India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (DNC) (right) with Chairman of the DNC, Frank McKinney (left).

First Lady Bess Truman attending an event with other prominent women in the Democratic Party. From left to right: India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee; Mrs. Truman; Perle Mesta, United States Minister to Luxembourg; United States Treasurer Georgia N. Clark; and Mrs. Gladys Tillett.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman greet their fellow Democrats. Left to right: India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (DNC); Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Mrs. Frank McKinney; Frank McKinney, Chairman, DNC; President Harry S. Truman.