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Oct 5, 2022 · Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt had essentially agreed to have a loveless marriage, a kind of partnership. What happened early on, when she was pregnant with one of their children, was that...
Jun 28, 2018 · In a new novel, American author Amy Bloom explores the rumoured real-life relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and female journalist Lorena Hickok.
Oct 22, 2015 · (Richmond, CA) –On Saturday, November 7th at 11 AM, pioneer Lesbian Playwright and Actor, Terry Baum, will talk about Eleanor Roosevelt's love affair with hard-living, butch reporter, Lorena Hickok, their 30 year relationship and their humanitarian work.
Roosevelt was close friends with several lesbian couples, such as Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman, and Esther Lape and Elizabeth Fisher Read, suggesting that she understood lesbianism; Marie Souvestre, Roosevelt's childhood teacher and a great influence on her later thinking, was also a lesbian.
Roosevelt was close friends with several lesbian couples, such as Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman, and Esther Lape and Elizabeth Fisher Read, suggesting that she understood lesbianism; Marie Souvestre, Roosevelt's childhood teacher and a great influence on her later thinking, was also a lesbian.
Nov 18, 2010 · It was no secret to her colleagues in the press corps that "Hick," as she was called, was a lesbian; nor was it a secret that she and Eleanor seemed to be deeply in love.
Sep 29, 2016 · In a new book, Brookline-based author Susan Quinn argues that Roosevelt's 30-year romantic relationship with AP reporter Lorena Hickok helped make her into a great leader.
Apr 28, 2024 · Amelia Earhart and openly gay reporter Lorena Hickok are just two of the women with whom former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was rumored to have had closeted affairs, the latter with whom she...
Jun 21, 2019 · Many historians and biographers believe First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt had a longtime love affair with journalist Lorena Hickok. And Pete Buttigieg's husband, Chasten, would be not only the...
Sep 12, 2014 · The women traveled together and Hick was, indeed, an out lesbian, but Eleanor’s friend, Trude Lash, said, “Mrs. Roosevelt was very affectionate and quite demonstrative, not only to Hick, to other women, to men. She showed her warmth. But she was definitely not a lesbian.”.
