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F.D.R., My Boss
F.D.R., My Boss
F.D.R., My Boss
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Few people had the opportunity to know Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Grace Tully did. For nearly seventeen years, twelve of which were spent in the White House, she was his private secretary, and she saw him not only in his office but also in his home, during working hours and during moments of relaxation, coping with momentous issues and enjoying the company of his friends and family. It was a rare and rewarding opportunity, for F.D.R. was a fascinating and tremendously important person.

First published in 1949, Miss Tully has written a unique account of what it was like to be in daily association with him, so that through the pages of her book you may come to know F.D.R. as she did. Which means that you will know him not only as a historic figure but also as an individual human being, a man with likes and dislikes, with moods and whims, with hopes and anxieties such as all men have—and with courage, determination, an faith that all men do not have.

Here are first-hand, behind-the-scenes stories of campaign tours, of tense election nights, of processions and inaugurations and vital meetings. Here are accurate, intimate impressions of the many famous and colorful personalities who were relatives, friends, associates, opponents, advisers—Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, Wendell Millkie, Ed Starling, Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, to name but a few. And here are revealing and entertaining anecdotes about the members of royalty, the prime ministers, the diplomats who made Tully’s office seem indeed a crossroads of the globe.

With affection and respect, Miss Tully has drawn a picture of a man of integrity, warmth, vitality, humor, generosity, and courage—and a man, also, of great religious faith. She has not taken it upon herself to make historic judgments, for this is after all a personal narrative. Her book is humble, human, and gracious. It is also vital, distinguished and unforgettable.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPapamoa Press
Release dateJul 11, 2017
ISBN9781787206175
F.D.R., My Boss
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Grace Tully

GRACE TULLY (9 August 1900 - 15 June 1984) was private secretary to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR). Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, she received her secretarial education at the Grace Institute in New York. After graduation she was appointed as secretary to Patrick Hayes, bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. In 1928 began work for the Democratic National Committee and was assigned to assist Eleanor Roosevelt, who was organizing support for presidential nominee Al Smith. Later that year, when FDR was nominated for Governor of New York, Tully went to work on his staff. After Roosevelt’s successful election, she began serving as the assistant to Missy LeHand, Roosevelt’s personal secretary in his Albany, New York office, for the duration of his four-year governorship. She moved to Washington, D.C. in 1933 when Roosevelt was elected President. Both she and LeHand were important figures for FDR during his presidency, frequently accompanying him on his trips to Hyde Park and Shangri-La. When LeHand suffered a stroke in 1941, Tully took over her position as personal secretary to the President, serving until and present at his death in April 1945 at his “Little White House” in Warm Springs. She then served as the Executive Secretary for the FDR Foundation. In 1955 she joined the staff of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, working with Lyndon B. Johnson, the Senate Majority Leader at the time. She retired ten years later and died in 1984, aged 83.

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