The Gatekeeper

Marguerite "Missy" LeHand was far more than just the private secretary of Franklin Roosevelt. In many ways, she is the reason that FDR even ran for further political office after his contraction of polio. Having been taken on as an aid for FDR's 1920 vice-presidential election campaign, Missy was ta......more

I have long been curious about Marguerite (Missy) LeHand. This book “The Gate Keeper” came out in September of 2016 and has been on a stack waiting for me to read. Missy has been in every book about FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt that I have read. It is great to find a book all about her. Missy went to wo......more

Secretary Clinton may become America's first female president, but she's not the first female secretary to hold a powerful position in a presidential administration. As Kathryn Smith reveals in her new book, The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Pre......more

From the book jacket: Marguerite “Missy” LeHand was the private secretary and right-hand woman of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for more than twenty years, serving as de facto chief of staff in the White House – a position never held by a woman before or since. From her perch at Roosevelt’s side, she of......more