The Resume

(September 13, 1881-November 27, 1966)
Born in Covington, Georgia
Birth name was Elizabeth Hall
Nicknamed 'Lizzie'
Maid in the Roosevelt White House
Served as a liaison between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activists
Leader in the United Government Employees

Why she might be annoying:

She auditioned for the part of Mammy in Gone with the Wind.
Eleanor Roosevelt even wrote David O. Selznick to ask that she be given the part (it eventually went to Hattie McDaniel).
She liked to be called 'SASOCPA,' or the 'Self-Appointed-Secretary-On-Colored-People’s-Affairs.'
Her later years are not well documented.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was the daughter of sharecroppers.
Her husband worked as FDR’s personal valet for many years.
She spoke out in favor of workers' rights.
She campaigned and gave speeches in support of President Roosevelt’s re-elections.
She also was reported to have helped FDR write some of his own speeches.
She regularly relayed reports from the black community about discrimination in the New Deal programs, especially the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps.
She was present when FDR died in Warm Springs, Georgia. Her own husband died a year later.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Black Women Loved by Whites
• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 20]
• Civil Rights Activists
• I Died in 1966 (Ranked: 85)
• Look at Me, I'm Relaxing
• Look at Me, I'm with FDR
• My Nickname is Part of My Name [A-L]
• Nobody Told Me I'm Old
• Profiles 53751-54000 (Ranked: 53870)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 112 Votes: 54.46% Annoying