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Lorena Alice "Hick" Hickok (March 7, 1893 – May 1, 1968) was a pioneering American journalist and long-term romantic interest [1] of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. [2]
Apr 5, 2016 · Journalist Lorena Hickok, known as “Hick,” is best remembered today for her intimate, not-quite-definable friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt.
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. In media reports and history books, the two women have often been described as "close friends".
Oct 11, 2012 · In the summer of 1928, Roosevelt met journalist Lorena Hickok, whom she would come to call Hick. The thirty-year relationship that ensued has remained the subject of much speculation, from the evening of FDR’s inauguration, when the First Lady was seen wearing a sapphire ring Hickok had given her, to the opening up of her private ...
Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt's devoted friend, mentor, and pioneering journalist, was born March 7, 1893, in East Troy, Wisconsin, to Addison Hickok, a buttermaker, and Anna Wiate Hickok, a dressmaker. Violence and instability characterized her early life.
Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt's devoted friend, mentor, and pioneering journalist, was born March 7, 1893, in East Troy, Wisconsin, to Addison Hickok, a buttermaker, and Anna Wiate Hickok, a dressmaker. Violence and instability characterized her early life.
Lorena Hickok stormed the male-dominated world of journalism, working for papers in the Midwest and New York before becoming one of the first women to have a byline with the Associated Press. In 1933, as chief investigator for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, her detailed, insightful reports were read by President Franklin Roosevelt.
