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Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd (née Lucy Page Mercer; April 26, 1891 – July 31, 1948) was an American woman who sustained a long affair with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mar 31, 2024 · Learn how Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, a former social secretary, became Franklin Roosevelt's secret lover and remained close to his heart until his death. Discover how she rekindled their affair after his polio and how she arranged a final rendezvous with him in 1945.
Apr 20, 2008 · The White House logs show that someone named “Mrs. Paul Johnson” believed to be a pseudonym for Lucy Rutherfurd as she was then, having married Winthrop Rutherfurd, a wealthy widower visited...
Dec 17, 2023 · Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd spent the night of April 11, 1945, restless with worry about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States, at...
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Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd was born April 26, 1891, in Washington, DC to a prominent Maryland Catholic family. She was educated in private schools, but because her family had very little money she had to go to work. In 1914, she became social secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt.
Ellen Feldman, a novelist who wrote Lucy, a book about FDR's affair with Lucy Mercer, shares her insights on the love triangle and its impact on history. She reveals her admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt, her envy of Lucy Mercer, and her identification with both women.
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Fdr’s sudden death was more of a surprise for Eleanor than it was for Lucy. In denial about the seriousness of his condition, Eleanor was not prepared for tragedy when she arrived as the keynote speaker at a charity event at Washington’s Sulgrave Club on April 12.
