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Lorena Alice "Hick" Hickok (March 7, 1893 – May 1, 1968) was a pioneering American journalist and long-term romantic interest of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. [2] After an unhappy and unsettled childhood, Hickok found success as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune and the Associated Press (AP), becoming America's best-known female reporter ...
Apr 5, 2016 · Journalist Lorena Hickok, known as “Hick,” is best remembered today for her intimate, not-quite-definable friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt.
Jun 28, 2018 · In a new novel, American author Amy Bloom explores the rumoured real-life relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and female journalist Lorena Hickok. In media reports and history books, the two women have often been described as "close friends".
Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt's devoted friend, mentor, and pioneering journalist, was born March 7, 1893, in East Troy, Wisconsin, to Addison Hickok, a buttermaker, and Anna Wiate Hickok, a dressmaker. Violence and instability characterized her early life.
Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt's devoted friend, mentor, and pioneering journalist, was born March 7, 1893, in East Troy, Wisconsin, to Addison Hickok, a buttermaker, and Anna Wiate Hickok, a dressmaker. Violence and instability characterized her early life.
Lorena Hickok stormed the male-dominated world of journalism, working for papers in the Midwest and New York before becoming one of the first women to have a byline with the Associated Press. In 1933, as chief investigator for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, her detailed, insightful reports were read by President Franklin Roosevelt.
American journalist. Born in East Troy, Wisconsin, on March 7, 1893; died in Rhinebeck, New York, on May 1, 1968; eldest of three daughters of Addison J. Hickok (a buttermaker) and Anna (Waite) Hickok; briefly attended Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, and the University of Minnesota; never married; no children.
