Lorena Hickok, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lorena Hickok

American journalist

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1893

Place of Birth: East Troy, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 01-May-1968

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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, 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.
The nature of their friendship has been widely debated, especially after 3000 of their mutual letters were discovered, apparently confirming physical intimacy, and Hickok was known to be a lesbian.
It was the closeness of the friendship that compromised Hickok’s objectivity, and caused her to resign from the AP and work as chief investigator for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).
She later 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.