Biography of eleanor roosevelt joseph p lash

American political activist

Joseph Paul Lash (December 2, – August 22, ) was an American radical political activist, journalist, and writer.

A close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, Lash won both the Pulitzer Prize for Biography^[1] and the National Book Awardin Biography^[2] for Eleanor and Franklin (), the first of two volumes he wrote about the former First Lady.^[3]

Background

Joseph P.

Lash was born December 2, , in New York City, the son of the former Mary Avchin and Samuel Lash,^[4] ethnic Jewish immigrants from the Russian empire.^[5] Joseph was the eldest of three sons and two daughters of the couple.^[3] He received his bachelor's degree from City College of New York in and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York City in ^[4]

Career

Political activism

In while a Junior at City College, Lash joined the Socialist Party of America (SPA), of which he remained a member un