Every president, every leader, needs someone who they can trust. Who will tell them what is really happening, as opposed to telling them what they want to hear? In short, they need a confidante. Anna Rosenberg was one of the assistants whom FDR kept closest, not only in terms of policy, but as a friend. However, most biographies on FDR have largely ignored the role the high-ranking official played in helping to carry out the New Deal, win World War II and secure the peace afterwards. In this episode, high school history teacher Christopher Gorham explains how he stumbled on the story of Anna Rosenberg, and why so few contemporary biographers seem to have missed the influence of the first person to receive the presidential medal of freedom.

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