Joseph P. Lash

Joseph P. Lash (1909-1987) was an American journalist, political activist, and biographer best known for his Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning book Eleanor and Franklin (1971), the first of two major volumes on Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as other notable works like Eleanor: The Years Alone and Roosevelt and Churchill. A close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, he transitioned from socialist student leadership and wartime service in the U.S. Army Air Force to acclaimed historical biography, chronicling key figures of 20th-century American politics.