A Family Campaign Conference -- Mrs. Madeleine Sloane, daughter of the late Thomas A. Edison, is shown Sept, 2 in her home at West Orange, N.J., as she read a campaign speech to her family after launching her candidacy for the republican Congressional Nomination form New Jersey's 11th district. Seated opposite her (L to R) Are her son, Thomas Edison Sloane; Mrs. Thomas Edison Sloane; Michael Edison Sloane, Another Son; and John Eyre Sloane, her husband who is a New York investment Banker. March 9, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).