that eat lorena hickok. lou rain that hickok had been the top woman political writer for the associated press in new york. and she was assigned to the roosevelt campaign train in the length of 1933 -- in the election of 1932, and and the campaign train went all over the united states. and eleanor was there, of course, to stand by franklin's side and smile when he gave speeches, you know, the role of the political wife. well, hickok realized that eleanor wasn't too happy in this role. in fact, hickok eventually years later wrote with a book called "reluctant first lady." what is part of how we know eleanor did not want to be first lady. lorena hickok was a lesbian, there isn't any dispute on that point. she and eleanor became very attached. to what degree they had a physical relationship, nobody knows for sure, but there's undisputable evidence that there was a close emotional relationship and that hickok helped her in transforming the role of the first lady. now, hickok and eleanor drove together in that car