In 1967, she published her first book under the name Susan Jacobs: a nonfiction account of the making of a Broadway play called On Stage (Alfred A. She began her writing career as a newspaper reporter on a suburban daily outside of Cleveland, following two years as an apprentice actor at the Cleveland Playhouse.
Susan Quinn grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio, and graduated from Oberlin College. At every turn, the bond these women shared was grounded in their determination to better their troubled world.ĭeeply researched and told with great warmth, Eleanor and Hick is a vivid portrait of love and a revealing look at how an unlikely romance influenced some of the most consequential years in American history. When Eleanor’s tenure as First Lady ended with FDR's death, Hick pushed her to continue to use her popularity for good-advice Eleanor took by leading the UN’s postwar Human Rights Commission. Hick encouraged Eleanor to turn their frequent letters into her popular and long-lasting syndicated column "My Day," and to befriend the female journalists who became her champions. During the Depression, Hick reported from the nation’s poorest areas for the WPA, and Eleanor used these reports to lobby her husband for New Deal programs. These fiercely compassionate women inspired each other to right the wrongs of the turbulent era in which they lived. For the next thirteen years, Hick had her own room at the White House, next door to the First Lady. Her admiration drew the buttoned-up Eleanor out of her shell, and the two quickly fell in love. Hick, as she was known, had grown up poor in rural South Dakota and worked as a servant girl after she escaped an abusive home, eventually becoming one of the most respected reporters at the AP. Eleanor had been raised in one of the nation’s most powerful political families and was introduced to society as a debutante before marrying her distant cousin, Franklin. Over the next thirty years, until Eleanor’s death, the two women carried on an extraordinary relationship: They were, at different points, lovers, confidantes, professional advisors, and caring friends. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press: Lorena Hickok. By that time, she had put her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her and developed an independent life-now threatened by the public role she would be forced to play. In 1932, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the First Lady with dread. A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok-a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history
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