The Making of the New Deal: The Insiders Speak

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good/good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xxi, [3], 368, [4] pages. Illustrations. Biographies of Contributors. Biographical Notes. Index. Signed by editor. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Inscribed on half-title. Forewords by Frank Freidel. From an obituary posted on-line: "Katie Louchheim was a former State Department official and a former vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Although she never held elective office, her influence in politics was considerable, beginning in 1934 when she arrived in Washington with her husband, Walter, an investment counselor. He helped organize the Securities and Exchange Commission in the early days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Mrs. Louchheim worked her way to become vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee from 1956 to 1960. Along the way, she held various appointed government posts. In World War II she served in the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation and helped form the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Under President John F. Kennedy she was named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, at that time the highest job in the department ever held by a woman."