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Lela Stiles
Lela Mae Stiles (September 5, 1894 - May 25, 1988) was a member of the staff to elect President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was then hired to work on the White House secretarial staff as a research a...visualizza altroLela Mae Stiles (September 5, 1894 - May 25, 1988) was a member of the staff to elect President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was then hired to work on the White House secretarial staff as a research assistant, serving for 20 years during the entire Roosevelt-Truman presidencies.
Born in Cecilia, Kentucky, she started on an early career in journalism as a feature writer and columnist. She worked for such papers as the Louisville Courier Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, and Denver Post. In 1928, in search of stories for her columns, she took a job with the Democratic National Committee in New York during the Al Smith campaign, and worked with Louis Howe for the first time. From that time on, until his death in 1936, she was Howe’s constant assistant.
After Roosevelt’s election, she went to the White House with Howe and, after his death, stayed on the White House staff during the administrations of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman. She resigned a similar post under President Eisenhower to accept a position with the Democratic National Committee in Washington. He retired from this Committee and public service in 1986.
In addition to her biography of Louis Howe and poetry, she published eulogies for John Kennedy and Sam Rayburn, an article entitled “The Day FDR Died” for the Saturday Evening Post, and another entitled “What Men Notice First About Women.”
She passed away in Lanham, Maryland in 1988 at the age of 93.visualizza meno