march american journalist known close relationship lady born wisconsin dairy farmer unhappy childhood marked isolation abuse mother death fourteen left home worked completed high school help cousin went journalism failing college soon successful reporter associated_press achieving american women journalists nation best known female reporter assigned cover roosevelt husband presidential campaign struck close relationship soon lady years corresponded day traveled professed emotional physical affection exact nature relationship widely discussed historians argued relationship clearly romantic erotic argued historians roosevelt letters letters pair correspondence preserved franklin roosevelt presidential library museum compromised reporter personal relationship roosevelt left began work chief investigator department new deal encouraged inspired initiatives including syndicated column women press conferences planned community west_virginia grew demanding lady pair initial following complications diabetes resigned worked years promoting new york world fair served executive secretary living white house time diabetes steadily worsened lived final years park near roosevelt publishing books early life reporting career popularly known born wisconsin daughter née mother dresses father childhood experienced troubled family life characterized abuse unemployment repeated moves family moved south child embarrassed height later recalled spent time playing animals family farm fourteen left home following mother death worked maid mother cousin took living finished high school enrolled wisconsin unable fit college failed year hired cover train arrivals departures write personal interest stories battle creek evening news week attempt follow footsteps role model novelist reporter joined milwaukee sentinel society editor moved city beat developed talent interviewer interviewed celebrities including actress pianist opera singers gaining wide audience close friends diva moved minneapolis work enrolled leaving forced live women dormitory stayed given opportunities unusual female reporter paper chief reporter covering politics sports preparing editorials tenure paper covered football team female reporters assigned sports beat won award associated_press writing best feature story month piece president funeral train years minneapolis lived society reporter named year relationship diagnosed diabetes persuaded year leave newspaper pair travel san_francisco write novel beginning leave unexpectedly boyfriend leaving devastated unable face return minneapolis moved new_york landing job working mirror year obtained job associated_press wire service november story sinking published new_york_times woman appear paper reported kidnapping national events nation best known female reporter early relationship met roosevelt assigned interview convinced editors allow cover husband presidential campaign month period election inauguration mother franklin secretary died october eleanor invited accompany new_york funeral women spent long train ride talking beginning long friendship franklin inauguration march eleanor closest friend trips albany washington spent nearly day company joined sunday night dinner nights eleanor joined theater opera apartment inauguration eleanor wore ring given day interviewed roosevelt white_house bathroom official interview lady time deeply love roosevelt finding increasingly difficult provide objective reporting addition job kept largely new_york eleanor washington women troubled separation love telephone letter roosevelt picture study told kissed night morning period roosevelt wrote daily page letters planning write biography lady nature roosevelt relationship subject dispute historians roosevelt close friends lesbian couples suggesting familiar lifestyle roosevelt childhood teacher great influence later thinking lesbian biographer published roosevelt correspondence concluded simply unusually crush warned historians researcher criticized argument calling book case study arguing presented page page evidence growth development love affair women roosevelt biographer argued relationship fact romantic generating national attention biographer summarized letters roosevelt kiss soft spot corner eleanor mouth eleanor hold close away eleanor eleanor wished lie arms day day month month tone letters sides remains loving concluded eleanor went kisses known certain important issue impact close relationship women lives essay reviewing new roosevelt biographies stated relationship erotic dispute roosevelt administration early roosevelt administration credited pushing eleanor write newspaper column day hold weekly press conferences specifically female journalists found difficult cover suppressed story eleanor request declining quality reporting soon caused receive pay cut despite worries leaving career built identity quit eleanor urging eleanor helped obtain position chief investigator federal emergency relief administration conducted fact finding missions went month tour horrified poverty lack education encountered urged eleanor visit tent city homeless miners west_virginia experience led eleanor found federal housing project west_virginia march accompanied eleanor fact finding trip territory puerto_rico reporting afterward island poverty severe intervene time developed dislike reporters report wrote believe state administrator lets publicity going head cracked february time called lady voice manner clothes description wounded letter secretary asked hell leave following incident roosevelt efforts relationship spotlight occasion roosevelt wrote careful summer papers roosevelt active lady time grew angry jealous perceived demanded time roosevelt unable times attempted unsuccessfully separate roosevelt pair remained friends lives continued grow apart years followed roosevelt wrote meant hurt way excuse having pulling contacts cruelty reach age incident diabetes traveling resigned post health reasons late world fair advice roosevelt secretary sought work new_york public relations man politician shortly election hired publicity new york world fair opportunities female employees fair limited found work compared reporting days primarily worked promoting fair young people including arranging class trips rented country home apartment faced financial problems despite good salary years roosevelt occasionally sent small gifts money help roosevelt executive secretary february election taking road wrote roosevelt job fun dear nearest thing newspaper work found left early january shortly fourth inauguration lived white house time nominal address hotel met people time formed intense friendship judge years younger person visit white house diabetes worsened forced leave position years later roosevelt found position health continued decline moved closer roosevelt lived cottage roosevelt estate died legacy late life wrote books authored followed story franklin roosevelt story helen story eleanor roosevelt personal papers franklin roosevelt presidential library museum donation contained eighteen filing boxes according provisions sealed years death early research projected short biography person outside open boxes discover contained letters roosevelt letters roosevelt dated 1930s correspondence continued roosevelt death papers remain available public based letters wrote play love story romance
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