Search results
Marguerite Alice "Missy" LeHand (September 13, 1896 – July 31, 1944) was a private secretary to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) 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.
Marguerite “Missy” LeHand, was Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal secretary and confidant for more than twenty years. LeHand was born in Postdam, New York to Daniel and Mary LeHand, both the children of Irish immigrants.
4 de oct. de 2016 · But the woman who is perhaps least remembered but most important was Marguerite “Missy” LeHand, his personal secretary and closest confidant for more than 20 years. Missy suffered a terrible stroke in 1941 and left the White House, so her assistant Grace Tully took over for her.
Marguerite LeHand, dite Missy, née le 13 septembre 1896 à Potsdam et morte le 31 juillet 1944 à Somerville (Massachusetts), est restée la secrétaire particulière du président américain Franklin Delano Roosevelt pendant vingt-et-un ans.
23 de oct. de 2016 · During the New Deal, Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the role of first lady and Frances Perkins broke ground as the first woman in the cabinet. And then there was Marguerite LeHand, whose official...
12 de abr. de 2022 · Esta relación epistolar contó con discreción –pero no el apoyo– de Marguerite LeHand, la secretaria y mano derecha de Roosevelt. Marguerite –una especie de jefa de gabinete a las sombras ...
Marguerite LeHand nació en 1896 en Poughkeepsie, Nueva York. Era la hija de un policía y una enfermera. Después de graduarse de la universidad en 1919, comenzó a trabajar como secretaria en la oficina del senador David Walsh en Washington, D.C. En 1927, LeHand fue contratada como secretaria personal de Franklin D. Roosevelt.
