The U.S. has had its fair share of rebel teens in history, but an original American wild child grew up in the White House. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the eldest daughter of 26th President Theodore ...

Co-written by Fresco and Alexandra Petri, a Washington Post columnist, Alice kicks off in 1901. Teddy Roosevelt is suddenly thrust into the presidency, bringing his seventeen-year-old daughter into ...

As the 2024 election nears, "60 Minutes: A Second Look" turned to the archives for a look at Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a former first daughter who captivated America for decades. The American public ...

‘‘Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker’’ (Viking, 608 pages, $32.95), by Stacy A. Cordery: On Valentine’s Day in 1884, two days after the birth of his ...

The fiercely intelligent eldest daughter of President Teddy Roosevelt (1884–1981) was rebellious and outspoken partly as the result of her desperation to gain the attention of an emotionally distant ...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth died in her house just off Dupont Circle in February 1980, two weeks past her 96th birthday. She had led an extraordinary life. The eldest child of Theodore Roosevelt, she ...

CAMBRIDGE — Among the colorful exploits of Alice Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s first-born: She routinely flouted the dress code at society events. She had a pet snake named “Emily Spinach.” And when ...

MRS. LONGWORTH’S reminiscences cover the years between Roosevelt’s appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1897 and Harding’s election in 1920. Always ‘aware of politics and politicians,’she ...

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At her White House wedding in 1906, Alice Lee Roosevelt, the lively daughter of Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, grabbed a military guard’s sword and sliced her wedding cake in half. “Let ...

EXCLUSIVE: The story of former First Daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a socialite, a writer and a force in 20th Century American politics, will be the subject of a half-hour comedy series in ...