Remembering Missy LeHand

Born today in 1896, she was FDR's right-hand woman

One of the unsung heroes of American politics is Marguerite Alice “Missy” LeHand, who was born on this day in 1896. She became Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s right-hand woman in 1921 and remained by his side through his rehabilitation of polio, his return to public life as governor of New York, and through two terms of his presidency. She was felled by a s…