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Lorena A. Hickok
Lorena Alice “Hick” Hickok (March 7, 1893 - May 1, 1968) was an American journalist known for her close relationship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
After an unhappy and unsettled childhood, Hi...view moreLorena Alice “Hick” Hickok (March 7, 1893 - May 1, 1968) was an American journalist known for her close relationship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
After an unhappy and unsettled childhood, Hickok found success as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune and the Associated Press (AP), becoming America’s best-known female reporter by 1932. After covering Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first presidential campaign, Hickok struck up a close relationship with the soon-to-be First Lady, and travelled with her extensively.
She later worked as chief investigator for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and promoted the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and then served as executive secretary of the Women’s Division of the Democratic National Committee, living mostly at the White House.
Hickok was the author of several books, including The Story of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1956), The Story of Helen Keller (1958), The Story of Eleanor Roosevelt (1959).view less