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Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861-1884) was Theodore Roosevelt’s first wife. Born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on July 29, 1861, to the wealthy banker George Cabot Lee and his wife Caroline Watts Haskell Lee, Alice met Theodore when she was seventeen years old. He was then a nineteen-year-old student at Harvard College and she was a cousin of fellow undergraduate Richard Saltonstall.
1 de abr. de 2024 · Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth, by then known as "Washington's Other Monument," died on February 20, 1980, just a week after her 96th birthday, having outlived all of her half siblings. She is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC. As an elderly Alice recalled, "All I've really done is to have a good time. I've covered a lot of territory.
18 de nov. de 2022 · Alice Roosevelt with her long-haired chihuahua, Leo, in 1902 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Hand-tinted 1903 photograph of Alice Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) was the only daughter of Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt. She was born on February 12, 1884. Her mother and paternal grandmother died two days later. Her aunt, Anna Roosevelt, raised her until her father married Edith Kermit Carow in December 1886.
10 de oct. de 2017 · Alice Lee Roosevelt’s life changed forever on September 14, 1901, when President William McKinley succumbed to his wounds eight days after being shot by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was quickly sworn in as the President of the United States.
Alice Lee Roosevelt was born on February 12, 1884, the first and only child born to Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee. After her mother’s death, Alice, known as “Baby Lee,” lived with her aunt, Anna “Bamie” Roosevelt, while her father started a ranching venture in the Dakota Territory. Once Theodore remarried and moved back to ...
27 de oct. de 2011 · Oct 27, 2011. On October 27, 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee on what was also his 22nd birthday. Theodore had met Alice Lee during his junior year at Harvard; Theodore later claimed he had fallen in love at first sight and would not stop until he’d won her hand in marriage. Alice turned down his first marriage proposal.
