Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
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- Data from Ms. Div. for her Papers, 1890-1946(Alice Roosevelt Longworth, d. 1980) Info. from cat. memo
- NUCMC data from New Jersey Historical Soc. for Philbrook, M. Papers, 1899-1958(Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1884-1980; b. Alice Lee Roosevelt; wife of Congressman Nicholas Longworth)
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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. 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.
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