Helen Gandy
Helen Wilburforce Gandy (April 8, 1897 – July 7, 1988) was the American longtime secretary to Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, who called her "indispensable". Serving in that role for 54 years she exercised great behind-the-scenes influence on Hoover and the operations of the Bureau. Following Hoover's death in 1972, she spent weeks destroying his "Personal File," thought to contain the most incriminating material Hoover used to manipulate or blackmail the most powerful figures in Washington.
Helen Wilburforce Gandy | |
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Helen Gandy in her office in the Justice Department in the 1940s, by Theodor Horydczak | |
| Born | April 8, 1897 Fairton or Port Norris, New Jersey, US |
| Died | July 7, 1988 (aged 91) DeLand, Florida, US |
| Occupation | Secretary/civil servant |
| Employer | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Known for | Secretary to J. Edgar Hoover for 54 years |
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