10 Facts About India Edwards

India Edwards was an American journalist and political advisor who served as the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.

India Edwards left the Tribune and moved to Washington, DC.

India Edwards later occupied increasingly important position in the women's division of the party, serving first as executive secretary, associate director and finally executive director.

In 1950, India Edwards was unanimously elected to the Democratic National Committee and occupied the vice-chair position from 1950 to 1956.

Still, Edwards remained active in the Democratic Party politics for over thirty years throughout the careers of such politicians as Harry S Truman, John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson.

India Edwards accompanied President Harry Truman, whom she deeply admired and was called her "political hero," on his 1948 campaign tour; she was confident he would win, and Truman confided in her that he sometimes thought he and she were the only ones who believed he would win.

India Edwards was the second woman honored in this way at a major party convention.

India Edwards declined the nomination because she did not feel the time was right.

India Edwards married for the first time in 1917 to Daniel Sharp, who died a year later in World War I In 1920, she married investment banker Jack Moffet and had two children.

India Edwards died at the age of 94 in Sebastopol, California.