Women in politics

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).

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.

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman William Boyle (standing at podium) addressing the crowd at a DNC event. Also pictured: DNC Vice-Chairman India Edwards (seated behind table, left) and Senator Clinton Anderson (seated behind table, right). All other individuals are unidentified.

Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairman India Edwards at an unknown event, being greeted by an unidentified man. Also pictured: Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan (second from right) and Michigan State Committee Chairman Nick Staebler (right).