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Alice Roosevelt Longworth Author

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 12, 1884
  • Died: Feb 20, 1980

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth was an American writer and prominent socialite. She was the oldest child of U.S. President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr.. She was the only child of Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee.

Alice led an unconventional and controversial life. Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth III, a party leader and 43rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and her only child Paulina was a result of her affair with Senator William Edgar Borah of Idaho. She temporarily became a Democrat during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and said in a 60 Minutes interview with Eric Sevareid, televised on February 17, 1974, that she was a "hedonist".

Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay. history

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. life

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening. wedding

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 other sayings from William Blake

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Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 other wisdom & wit from Franz Grillparzer

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For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 more quotes from Storm Jameson

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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 thoughts from Victor Hugo

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