1. Grace Tully was private secretary to US President Franklin D Roosevelt.
15 Facts About Grace Tully
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Grace Tully succeeded Missy LeHand in June 1941 and served until FDR's death on April 12,1945.
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Grace Tully's father was a businessman and a loyalist to the Democratic Party.
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Grace Tully died when she was young, and Tully and her two sisters and brother were raised by their mother.
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Grace Tully received her secretarial education at the Grace Institute in New York and, after graduating, was appointed as secretary to Patrick Hayes, bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
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In 1928, Grace Tully started to work for the Democratic National Committee and was assigned to assist Eleanor Roosevelt, who was organizing support for presidential nominee Al Smith.
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Later that year, when FDR was nominated for Governor of New York, Grace Tully went to work on his staff.
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Grace Tully was given the dictation and typing duties that Lehand disliked.
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Grace Tully served with FDR for his four years as governor.
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Grace Tully moved to Washington, DC, in 1933, when Roosevelt was elected president.
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Grace Tully frequently accompanied FDR on his trips to Hyde Park and Shangri-La.
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When Missy LeHand suffered a stroke in 1941, Grace Tully took over her position as personal secretary to the President.
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Grace Tully was not an intimate or romantic companion for Roosevelt in the same way as LeHand had been.
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Grace Tully was working for the President at his "Little White House" in Warm Springs in April 1945 and was present at his death.
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Grace Tully retired ten years later and died in 1984.