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Harry and Diana Hopkins

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Harry Hopkins (1890-1946) was born in Sioux City, Iowa. After graduating Grinnell College in 1912, he undertook a series of administrative social work positions including work at a New York city settlement house, serving as executive secretary for the New York City Bureau of Child Welfare. He later worked for the American Red Cross. Hopkins helped draft a charter for the American Association of Social Workers (AASW) and was elected its president in 1923. During World War II, Hopkins acted as FDR's unofficial emissary to Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, as administrator of Lend-Lease, and accompanied Roosevelt to the Big Three conferences. Hopkins married three times and had four children. In 1939, he was told he had stomach cancer. He suffered the rest of his life from digestive problems, a result of surgery that removed much of his stomach. Hopkins died in New York City on January 29, 1946 at the age of 55.

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Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Code: ELRO

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Dutchess County, New York
Latitude: 41.7608985900879, Longitude: -73.8968963623047

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Organization: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Address: 4097 Albany Post Rd

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