Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Theodore Roosevelt's Daughter

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth
February 12, 1884 - February 20, 1980

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Widely known as the "other Washington Monument" and "Princess Alice", this rambunctious, independent, and irreverent American social icon once described her father as an individual who wanted to be "the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral". In return, President Roosevelt once described his first child's irreverence by remarking that he could control the affairs of state, or control Alice, but could not possibly do both. Alice, the only child of T.R. and his first wife Alice Hathaway Lee, was affectionately referred to by her siblings as "Sister". Alice's mother died from Bright's Disease days after delivering her. Princess Alice In an effort to deal with his grief, T.R. went to the Dakotas, leaving "Baby Alice" in the care of his sister Bamie. Her father's absence in her formative years, along with a generous allowance provided by her
maternal grandparents, explains her irreverence, best exemplified by her favorite maxim: "If you can't say something good about someone,
sit right here by me".
On February 17, 1906, Alice wed
Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth,
who became Speaker of the House in 1931.
The marriage produced one daughter, Paulina, who died at the age of 31.
Alice, always a favorite personage of the press and the Diplomatic Corps, lived to be
96 years old.

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Widely known as the "other Washington Monument" and "Princess Alice", this rambunctious, independent, and irreverent American social icon once described her father as an individual who wanted to be "the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral". In return, President Roosevelt once described his first child's irreverence by remarking that he could control the affairs of state, or control Alice, but could not possibly do both. Alice, the only child of T.R. and his first wife Alice Hathaway Lee, was affectionately referred to by her siblings as "Sister". Alice's mother died from Bright's Disease days after delivering her.		In an effort to deal with his grief, T.R. went to the Dakotas, leaving "Baby Alice" in the care of his sister Bamie. Her father's absence in her formative years, along with a generous allowance provided by her maternal grandparents, explains her irreverence, best exemplified by her favorite maxim: "If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me". On February 17, 1906, Alice wed Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth, who became Speaker of the House in 1931. The marriage produced one daughter, Paulina, who died at the age of 31. Alice, always a favorite personage of the press and the Diplomatic Corps, lived to be 96 years old.