Helen Gandy

Helen Wilburforce Gandy
Helen Gandy in her office in the Justice Department in the 1940s, by Theodor Horydczak
Born(1897-04-08)April 8, 1897
Fairton or Port Norris, New Jersey, US
DiedJuly 7, 1988(1988-07-07) (aged 91)
DeLand, Florida, US[1]
OccupationSecretary/civil servant
EmployerFederal Bureau of Investigation
Known forSecretary to J. Edgar Hoover for 54 years

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.

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