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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.
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- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Marguerite Alice LeHand, September 13, 1896, Potsdam, New York, U.S.
- Grace Tully
4 ott 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.
23 ott 2016 · A portrait of Marguerite LeHand, known as Missy, the personal secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bachrach/Getty Images. By Sam Roberts. Oct. 23, 2016. America is poised for the...
Marguerite LeHand. Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site. Courtesy FDR Library. Quick Facts. Significance: Personal Secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Place of Birth: Postdam, NY. Date of Birth: September 13, 1896. Place of Death: Chelsea, MA. Date of Death: July 31, 1944. Place of Burial: Cambridge, MA. Cemetery Name:
Her name was Marguerite Alice LeHand, but everyone knew her as Missy. Air travel was a new experience for the thirty-five-year-old woman, and though she had taken many other journeys with her boss, New York governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the stakes had never been higher than for this trip.
23 apr 2017 · Senior Executive Producer. HOST & PRODUCER. This week marks the 72nd anniversary of the death and subsequent funeral of President Franklin Roosevelt. He died on April 12, 1945 at the Little White...
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 Somerville, Massachusetts.
