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Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Author | : Sylvia Morris |
Publsiher | : Modern Library |
Total Pages | : 609 |
Release | : 2009-02-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780307522771 |
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Edith Kermit Carow grew up in New York City in the same circles as did Theodore Roosevelt. But only after TR's first wife died at age twenty-two did the childhood friends forge one of the most successful romantic and political partnerships in American history. Sylvia Jukes Morris's access to previously unpublished letters and diaries brings to full life her portrait of the Roosevelts and their times. During her years as First Lady (1901-09), Edith Kermit Roosevelt dazzled social and political Washington as hostess, confidante, and mother of six, leading her husband to remark, "Mrs. Roosevelt comes a good deal nearer my ideal than I do myself."
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Author | : Lewis L. Gould |
Publsiher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2018-02-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780700626519 |
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Few first ladies have enjoyed a better reputation among historians than Edith Kermit Roosevelt. Aristocratic and sophisticated, tasteful and discreet, she managed the White House with a sure hand. Her admirers say that she never slipped in carrying out her duties as hostess, mother, and adviser to her husband. Lewis Gould's path-breaking study, however, presents a more complex and interesting figure than the somewhat secularized saint Edith Roosevelt has become in the literature on first ladies. While many who knew her found her inspiring and gracious, family members also recalled a more astringent and sometimes nasty personality. Gould looks beneath the surface of her life to examine the intricate legacy of her tenure from 1901 to 1909. The narrative in this book thus uncovers much new about Edith Roosevelt. Far from being averse to activism, Edith Roosevelt served as a celebrity sponsor at a New York musical benefit and also intervened in a high-profile custody dispute. Gould traces her role in the failed marriage of a United States senator, her efforts to secure the ambassador from Great Britain that she wanted, and the growing tension between her and Helen Taft in 1908-1909. Her commitment to bringing classical music artists to the White House, along with other popular performers, receives the fullest attention to date. Gould also casts a skeptical eye over the area where Edith Roosevelt's standing has been strongest, her role as a mother. He looks at how she and her husband performed as parents and dissents from the accustomed judgment that all was well with the way the Roosevelt offspring developed. Most important of all, Gould reveals the first lady's deep animus toward African Americans and their place in American society. She believed "that any mixture of races is an unmitigated evil." The impact of her bigotry on Theodore Roosevelt's racial policies must now be an element in any future discussion of that sensitive subject. On balance, Gould finds that Edith Roosevelt played an important and creative part in how the institution of the first lady developed during the twentieth century. His sprightly retelling of her White House years will likely provoke controversy and debate. All those interested in how the role of the presidential wife has evolved will find in this stimulating book a major contribution to the literature on a fascinating president. It also brings to life a first lady whose legacy must now be seen in a more nuanced and challenging light.
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt 1861 1948
Author | : Barbara Silberdick Feinberg |
Publsiher | : Children's Press(CT) |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0516210017 |
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Describes the childhood, family life, and marriage of the woman who became the second Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and eventually First Lady when he was elected the twenty-sixth president of the United States.
A bully First Lady
Author | : Tom Lansford |
Publsiher | : Nova Biomedical Books |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Presidents' spouses |
ISBN | : UOM:39015055188166 |
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Alice and Edith
Author | : Dorothy Clarke Wilson |
Publsiher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105038602988 |
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Biographies of Alice Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt.
Theodore Rex
Author | : Edmund Morris |
Publsiher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 794 |
Release | : 2010-11-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780307777812 |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.”—San Francisco Chronicle WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY • “[Theodore Rex] is one of the great histories of the American presidency, worthy of being on a shelf alongside Henry Adams’s volumes on Jefferson and Madison.”—Times Literary Supplement Theodore Rex is the story—never fully told before—of Theodore Roosevelt’s two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, “TR” succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest. Theodore Rex ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.
American First Ladies
Author | : Lewis L. Gould |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2014-02-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781135311551 |
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This volume presents thirty-nine interpretive biographical essays on all first ladies, from Martha Washington to America's newest First Lady, Laura Bush. This new edition contains updated material on all the living First Ladies and updated bibliographies for each entry, as well as a portrait of the newest First Lady.
When Mother was a Little Girl
Author | : Frances Stanton Brewster |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Amusements |
ISBN | : HARVARD:RSLGRK |
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