Alice Hathaway Roosevelt
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Alice Hathaway Roosevelt was an American socialite and the first wife of President Theodore Roosevelt. Two days after giving birth to their only child, she died from undiagnosed Bright's disease.
Alice Hathaway Roosevelt, c. 1880–1884
Marriage certificate of the Roosevelts, 1880
Roosevelt's diary entry "The light has gone out of my life"
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth was an American writer, political activist, and socialite. She was the eldest child of United States president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife,
Alice Hathaway Roosevelt
…her mother-in-law in New York City later that fall. Roosevelt gave birth to the couple's daughter at 8:30 pm on February 12, 1884; the child was named Alice Lee Roosevelt. Her husband, then a member of the New York State Assembly, was in Albany attending to business on the Assembly floor. He had been convinced their child…
Roosevelt Longworth in the 1920s
The Roosevelt family in 1903 with Quentin on the left, Theodore Roosevelt, Ted, Archie, Alice, Kermit, Edith, and Ethel.
Hand-tinted photograph of Alice Roosevelt circa 1903 by Frances Benjamin Johnston.
Alice Roosevelt in 1902 with her dog, Leo, a long-haired Chihuahua. She was also gifted a Pekingese named Manchu by the Empress Dowager Cixi in 1905.