18+: Eleanor Roosevelt wrote hundreds of letters to journali…

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Did you know? Eleanor Roosevelt wrote hundreds of letters to journalist Lorena Hickok in the 1930s — some so intimate historians long debated whether they could be published. Hickok slept in the White House right next to Eleanor's bedroom. The relationship is now widely accepted.

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Eleanor Roosevelt wrote hundreds of letters to journalist Lorena Hickok in the 1930s — some so intimate historians long debated whether they could be published. Hickok slept in the White House right next to Eleanor's bedroom. The relationship is now widely accepted.

Eleanor Roosevelt schreef in de jaren '30 honderden brieven aan journaliste Lorena Hickok — sommige zo intiem dat historici lang twijfelden of ze publiek mochten worden. Hickok sliep in het Witte Huis vlak naast Eleanors slaapkamer. Hun relatie wordt nu algemeen erkend.

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