Trude Lash

Trude Lash, formerly Gertrude Pratt, née Wenzel (13 June 1908 – 4 February 2004) was a political activist, advocate for children, and close associate of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Thereafter, she emigrated to the United States and taught German literature and philosophy at Hunter College, and continued research at Columbia University.

Together with her first husband, Eliot Pratt, she moved to the United States permanently, and assisted other refugees seeking to leave Germany.

Lash had been investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and became good friends with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Subsequently, Lash served as Executive Director of the Citizens' Committee for Children of New York and the Foundation for Child Development.