Alice roosevelt biography movie

American writer and socialite (1884–1980)

"Alice Roosevelt" redirects here. For her mother, see Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt.

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer and socialite.

She was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life.

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Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth III, a Republican Party leader and the 38th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and her only child, Paulina, was from her affair with Senator William Borah.

Childhood

Alice Lee Roosevelt was born in the Roosevelt family home at 6 West 57th St. in Manhattan, New York on February 12, 1884.^[1] Her mother, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, was a Boston banking heiress.

Her father, Theodore, was then a New York State Assemblyman. As an Oyster Bay Roosevelt, A