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The Love Affair Between Eleanor Roosevelt and Journalist Lorena “Hick” Hickok
In this episode of Listen, Ladies, host Maryalice Aymong talks to author Susan Quinn to discuss her fascinating book, Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady. Quinn&#;s immense research highlights Roosevelt&#;s relationship with Lorena Hickok, whom she initially encountered when Hickok was working as a reporter. Their relationship has been somewhat lost to history, but Quinn brings their romance and friendship to life in our interview and in the book. Her text is also set to become a TV series.
Below is an excerpt from her interview. To listen to the whole episode, download Listen, Ladies in iTunes.
Listen, Ladies (LL): Eleanor Roosevelt is known as a woman profoundly ahead of her time. She is someone who fundamentally changed the role of First Lady. She tirelessly advocated for human rights and against racism, as well as the most remote causes, like helping people out of poverty and supporting the military. She ultimately became the chair of the United Nations, Human Rights Commission. Beyond her public role, Eleanor Roosevelt was a passionate person and friend, who knew how to have fun. One of her most fascinating friendships was with Lorena Hickok, a strong, independe
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Was Eleanor President a Lesbian?
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Where were you when you first learned of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s queerness? Maybe you first heard a women’s studies professor mention it offhandedly, as if it were the commonest of knowledge, as I did. Maybe you learned it right here on Autostraddle. Maybe you had a super awesome high school history teacher who broke away from the confines of state-sanctioned education and actually acknowledged that not all of U.S. history’s influencers were heterosexual. If that’s the case, I’m jealous. I went to a public high school in Southern Virginia, and even though it was an arts school with a few openly gay teachers, queer history certainly didn’t come up in my social studies classes.
But thanks to some intense Googling after my women’s studies professor blew my mind, I self-taught a crash course in Eleanor Roosevelt’s personal life: her merely political marriage to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (very Mellie and Fitz of them), her circle of close friends who all happened to be out lesbians, and most importantly, Lorena Hickok. Known as “Hick&#; to all her friends, including the First Lady, Lorena was th