Susan Wittig Albert

摘要

I first read about them in Blanche Wiesen Cook's wonderful biography, Eleanor Roosevelt. I was intrigued by Cook's suggestion that their friendship began with a love affair and changed over the years-and that it was documented by 30 years' worth of letters. That archive of letters is a treasure, especially in modern times. I followed the trail of footnotes to Doris Faber's The Life of Lorena Hickok: ER's Friend. I was offended-perhaps horrified is a better word-by Faber's gender-biased treatment of the relationship and her negative representations of Hick. I knew there was an important story there, but Faber hadn't told it. So I had to.