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About Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd
Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd was an American woman who sustained a long affair with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born to formerly rich parents, Mercer became secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt in 1914 and began an extensive affair with Franklin shortly thereafter. When Eleanor discovered the affair in 1918, she offered Franklin a divorce; but Franklin instead chose to separate from Mercer to preserve his political career.
Everything about Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd →- Occupation
- secretary
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 26, 1891
- Died
- July 31, 1948