The Story behind FDR’s “Gatekeeper”

Porter Square Books is pleased to welcome Kathryn Smith, author of The Gatekeeper, the first biography of arguably the most influential member of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration: Marguerite “Missy” LeHand. Missy was FDR’s de facto chief of staff, and has been misrepresented and overlooked throughout history until now.

The Gatekeeper is a thoughtful, revealing unsung-hero story about a woman ahead of her time, the true weight of her responsibility, and the tumultuous era in which she lived and a long overdue tribute to one of the most important female figures in American history.

Kathryn Smith is a journalist and writer with a life-long interest in FDR and his circle.