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Tag Archives: Theodore Roosevelt
FDR Glimpses the Future: 1920
In 1920, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was thirty-eight years old, and the Democratic party’s candidate for Vice President. FDR: A Moderate Career Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) was not a spectacular rise to success by any means. He had a rather spoiled … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Democratic Candidate James Cox, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, FDR's early years, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's early years, Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, history, James Cox, Louis Howe, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Republican candidate for VP Calvin Coolidge, Republican candidate Warren G Harding, The election of 1920, The League of NAtions, the United Nations, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's stroke
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Ethel Roosevelt: TR’s Other Little Girl
All Theodore Roosevelt’s children had some of his qualities, but Ethel was more like her mother than any of them. Ethel Carow Roosevelt, The Second Daughter Ethel Roosevelt (1891-1977) was seven years younger than her half-sister Alice, and surrounded … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Roosevelt, American history, Archie Roosevelt, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt and the American Red Cross, Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, history, Jr., Kermit Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Ted Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's children, TR's daughter Ethel, TR's son, US history
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The Presidential Stepping Stone
More than half our Presidents have been lawyers, at least by discipline. Whether they liked it or not, and even whether they actively “practiced law” is something else. POTUSes Reading Law In the “olden days,” one did not need a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Jackson, Calvin Coolidge, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Roosevelt, George Wythe, history, James Garfield, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, President Harding, Presidential history, Presidential lawyers, Presidents who were lawyers, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. history, Warren Harding, White House history, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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The Three Lives of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was only 60 years old when he died. The country was stunned. How could TR allow himself to be blindsided by the Grim Reaper? TR’s Death The real truth was that TR, the poster-boy for the strenuous life, … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, American Presidents, Author Theodore Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, naturalist, President Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt, THeodore Roosevelt naturalist, Theodore Roosevelt's home, TR, US history, US Presidents, White House history
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Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
The trick question is “what was Eleanor Roosevelt’s maiden name?” It was Roosevelt. She was Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt: Poor Little Rich Girl Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was a patrician-born New Yorker. Her father was Theodore’s brother Elliott, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Hall Roosevelt, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt at Allenswood School, Eleanor's cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor's father Elliott Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mlle. Souvestre, Presidential wives, Rivington Street Settlement House, Sagamore Hill, The Allenswood School, Theodore Roosevelt
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Elliott Roosevelt: Theodore’s Brother, Eleanor’s Father.
Elliott Roosevelt is a sad footnote in history. His brother and his daughter are immortal. TR’s Younger Brother Elliott Roosevelt (1860-1894) was less than two years younger than his brother Theodore, sandwiched between two sisters in a prominent and well-to-do … Continue reading
Alice Roosevelt: TR’s Little Girl
The woman who would become the “other Washington Monument” had a tragic early childhood. Alice Lee Roosevelt: The Early Years Alice Lee Roosevelt (1884-1981) was born on February 13, 1884. The following day, February 14, her mother, also an Alice … Continue reading
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Tagged "Alice Blue", "The other Washington Monument", Alice Lee, Alice Lee Rosevelt, Alice Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt as First Daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American history, Anna Roosevelt Cowled, Auntie Bye Roosevelt, Edith Carow, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Nicholas Longworth, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's sister Anna, TR's children, TR's daughter Alice, TR's first wife, TR's first wife Alice Lee, White House history
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Quentin & Flora: A Roosevelt and a Vanderbilt in Love during the Great War : A Book Review
Quentin & Flora: A Roosevelt and a Vanderbilt in Love during the Great War focuses on two years of a love story – but it is a wonderful love story, family story and coming-of-age story, all against the background of … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, book reviews, Chip Bishop, Edith Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, Flora Payne Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, history, Quentin & Flora, Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's sons, TR, World War I
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The Year of Four First Ladies: 1860-1861
Two First Ladies born in a year is unusual; three is rare. Four is extraordinary. Four First Ladies Are Born Between 1860 and 1861, four little girls were born who eventually would marry men who became Unites States Presidents. One … Continue reading
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