Malvina "Tommy" Thompson (1893 – April 12, 1953) was a private secretary and personal aide to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
A high school graduate, she later became a self-taught office secretary, working first for the American Red Cross during the intense years of World War I and the 1918 influenza epidemic, and then for the New York State Democratic Committee.
As Franklin had been left partially paralyzed by polio, Eleanor had to perform much of the travel and meet-and-greet duties of the Office of the Governor, and Thompson accompanied her.
Roosevelt and Thompson began operating nationwide to encourage and inspect the divisions and departments performing New Deal relief, traveling as much as 40,000 miles (65,000 km) per year.
"[7] This was how Lorena Hickok summarized Thompson's final years at Val-Kill: So Mrs. Roosevelt had spent the summer following his death moving out the things the family wanted to keep.
And on April 12, 1946, the first anniversary of his death, the big house would be formally accepted by President Truman, on behalf of the American people.
[8]Following Thompson's death in April 1953, some of Eleanor Roosevelt's relatives and close friends sent her letters and notes of condolence.