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28 de ago. de 2016 · At his death in 1945, it was discovered that he had stipulated in his will that half the income of his estate would go to Eleanor and half to “my friend Marguerite A. LeHand…for medical ...
Biographical / Historical. Marguerite Alice LeHand, nicknamed "Missy" by the Roosevelt children, was the confidential private secretary of Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1920, when FDR campaigned for vice-president, until she became incapacitated by a stroke in June 1941. She was born in Potsdam, New York, on September 13, 1896, and grew up in ...
FDR signed legislation passed by Congress which commissioned an 18,000 ton C3 cargo vessel as the S.S. Marguerite LeHand, which was christened in Pascagoula, Mississippi. As the ship departed on her maiden voyage, in March 1945, she ran into the U.S. Coast Guard tender Magnolia, which sank in minutes and killed a guardsman.
Sep 13, 1896 - Jul 31, 1944. Marguerite Alice "Missy" LeHand was private secretary to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for 21 years. According to LeHand's biographer Kathryn Smith in The Gatekeeper, she eventually functioned as White House Chief of Staff, the only woman in American history to do so. Born into a blue collar, Irish-American ...
Marguerite Alice “Missy” LeHand. BORN: September 13, 1896; Potsdam, New York. DIED: July 31, 1944 (age 47); Chelsea, Massachusetts. POLITICAL PARTY: Democrat. HIGHLIGHTS: 1933-1941: Personal Secretary to the President. PORTRAIT: Library of Congress RESOURCES: Missy LeHand and FDR at the White House, 1940 (National Archives) BIOGRAPHIES: FDR ...
6 de sept. de 2016 · The first biography of arguably the most influential member of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration, Marguerite “Missy” LeHand, FDR’s de facto chief of staff, who has been misrepresented, mischaracterized, and overlooked throughout history…until now.Widely considered the first female presidential chief of staff, Marguerite “Missy” LeHand was the right-hand woman to Franklin ...
Statement on the Death of Marguerite LeHand. July 31, 1944. Memories of more than a score of years of devoted service enhance the sense of personal loss which Miss LeHand's passing brings. Faithful and painstaking, with charm of manner inspired by tact and kindness of heart, she was utterly selfless in her devotion to duty. Hers was a quiet ...
