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Elinor Lehman Morgenthau (née Fatman; February 19, 1892 [1] – September 21, 1949) was an American Democratic party activist, member of the Lehman family, and spouse of Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Elinor Morgenthau was an assimilationist German Jewish success story. Morgenthau achieved prominence by promoting the men around her and by camouflaging her Judaism. She was a product of her era and was adept at its political and social strategies. Family and Marriage.
- Introduction
- Henrietta’s Influence
- Post-Treasury Department: Continued Connection
- After The War – United Jewish Appeal
- Harry Dexter White: An Example of Mrs. Klotz’s Gatekeeper Position
- The Closeness Between Hmjr and Henrietta
Henrietta Klotzserved as Henry Morgenthau Jr.’s (HMJr) primary personal secretary for 37years. She directly managed the Treasury Secretary’s schedule, and effectivelyran his central office. Klotz supervised the curation and indexing of the Henry Morgenthau Jr. Diaries, a vastcollection of 864 bound volumes of documentation spanning all 12 years ofH...
The transcript of one of many “Jewish evacuation” meetingsheld at the Treasury Department provides an example of Henrietta’s influence onHMJr. This particular meeting occurred on December 18, 1943, which was the daythat the Riegner license was finally issued to the World Jewish Congress.Gerhart Riegner was the World Jewish Congress representative i...
Morgenthau handwrote a letter to Henrietta on August 5, 1945after his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury had ended: “I would like you, Herman andElinor [Henrietta’s husband and daughter] to know how really important Iconsider your work as my assistant was.”[xvii] HMJr stated: “during the hundreds of conferences that yousat at my side” Mrs. Klotz’s...
After HMJr was forced to resign from the TreasuryDepartment, he moved back to NY, and Henrietta remained at Treasury. HMJr“begged her” to come back to New York to work with him. Henrietta finallyagreed to move to New York but only under the condition that Morgenthau wouldwork in “public service.” She proceeded to organize meetings with many Jewishl...
According to Henry Morgenthau III (HMIII), Henrietta usedher position as the “watchdog” to “regulate access to her boss.” HMIIIexplained that Treasury staff “courted her as a useful ally when they haddifficulty selling an idea” to HMJr. HMIII argued that HarryDexter White, a Jewish senior economic aide and advisor to HMJr, “benefitedmost from this”...
There are multiple sources which discuss rumors about aromantic relationship between Henrietta Klotz and Henry Morgenthau Jr., thoughHenrietta adamantly denied any such relationship. [xxxi]In fact, Henrietta repeatedly mentioned in herinterview with HMIII how much she admired HMJr’s wife, Elinor Morgenthau. She called Elinor: “one of the greathuman...
The Morgenthau family collection documents the interpersonal relationships between members of the family of Henry Jr. and Elinor Morgenthau and their children, Henry III, Robert, and Joan. Series 1, a chronological series, includes family documents, miscellaneous correspondence, clippings,
Vom 4. März 1933 bis zum 12. April 1945 war sie die First Lady der Vereinigten Staaten. In den Jahren nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war sie eine hochrangige Politikerin in der UNO. Sie gilt neben Hillary Clinton als eine der einflussreichsten Frauen in der US-amerikanischen Politik des 20. Jahrhunderts. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben und Arbeit.
Eleanor Roosevelt was a leading American liberal and diplomat after World War II. Historians have long noted her strong support for the State of Israel and have attributed it to the decline of antisemitism, the legacy of the Holocaust, and the Cold War.
Vor 2 Tagen · Elinor Morgenthau’s accomplishments were largely invisible, as she helped her husband, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., rise to great heights in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration.
