Gehrig, Eleanor, 1904-1984
Eleanor Grace Twitchell was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 6, 1904 to parents Frank Twitchell and Nellie Mulvaney Twitchell. Eleanor worked from March 1929 until 1931 as the secretary to the general manager at Chicago’s branch of Saks Fifth Avenue. Then she found work as a secretary for the Century of Progress—the planning committee for the upcoming Chicago World’s Fair.
She may have met Lou at a party in the fall of 1927, or at Comiskey Park, which Eleanor frequented as a guest of the Grabiners. They had little contact, until 1931, when Eleanor’s poker companion Kitty McHie urged her to stop by her penthouse apartment for a beer, where Lou would be. Lou walked Eleanor home that night and a week later a package arrived for Eleanor containing a diamond-cut crystal necklace he’d brought back from a barnstorming voyage to Japan. From there, a correspondence ensued, that blossomed into love over the next year.
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