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Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derby
August 13, 1891 - December 10, 1977

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Ethel Roosevelt, remembered as the "First Lady of Oyster Bay", was the fourth child of President Roosevelt. Ethel assumed the responsibility of preserving Sagamore Hill and the legacy of her father after her mother died. Ethel married Dr. Richard Derby in 1913, and helped his efforts in France during World War I where she served as a nurse in the American Ambulance Hospital. Ethel was the first of T.R.'s children to serve in this war to end all wars. Ethel's marriage produced four children: Richard, Sara Alden, Judith, and Edith (pictured below with her grandfather); all of which were raised in Oyster Bay, where Ethel was regarded as a church and community leader earning her the nickname "Queen of Oyster Bay". Ethel Roosevelt died at the age of 86 in Oyster Bay.

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