Lorena Hickok to Harry L. Hopkins
Letter
By: Lorena Hickok
Date: October 30, 1933
Source: Hickok, Lorena. Letter to Harry L. Hopkins, October 30, 1933. Reprinted in Lowitt, Richard, and Maurine Beasley, eds. One Third of a Nation: Lorena Hickok Reports on the Great Depression. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1981, 55–59.
About the Author: Lorena Hickok (1893–1968) was a reporter and author best known for her coverage of and friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt. The product of a difficult childhood, Hickok became an important political reporter at a time when female reporters were usually confined to the social page. While working for the Associated Press, Hickok began covering Eleanor Roosevelt during the 1932 presidential campaign. They developed a close friendship that lasted until Mrs. Roosevelt's death in 1962.
Introduction
In 1933, the federal government was small by...
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