Lorena Hickok

Lorena Hickok

Lorena Alice Hickok (March 7, 1893 – May 1, 1968) was an American journalist and confidante of Eleanor Roosevelt. A top campaign reporter, she later left her position to due the conflict created by her close relationship with Roosevelt. A number of Roosevelt scholars have concluded that their relationship contained a sexual component, though this remains in dispute.

After leaving her newspaper post, Hickok worked as an investigator for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. From 1940 to 1945, she was the executive secretary of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee, living at the White House for most of this time.