Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power BrokerPenguin, 2007 - 590 sidor An intimate and revealing portrait of America’s most memorable first daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth lived her entire life on the political stage and in the public eye, earning her the nickname “the other Washington monument.” In this new biography—the first in twenty years—Stacy A. Cordery presents a detailed and richly entertaining portrait of the witty and whip- smart daughter of Teddy Roosevelt. “Princess Alice” was a tempestuous teenager. Smoking, gambling, and dressing flamboyantly, she flouted social conventions and opened the door for other women to do the same. Her husband was Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth but—as Cordery documents for the first time—she had a child with her lover, Senator William Borah of Idaho. Alice’s political acumen was widely respected in Washington. She was a sharp-tongued critic of her cousin FDR’s New Deal programs, and meetings in her drawing room helped to change the course of history, from undermining the League of Nations to boosting Nixon. During the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, her legendary salons were still the center of political ferment. With new insights into Teddy Roosevelt, and for everyone who delights in Washington history and gossip, Aliceis a fascinating portrait of a woman who influenced American politics for nearly a century. |
Innehåll
It Was Awfully Bad Psychologically | 1 |
Sissy Had a Sweat Nurse | 21 |
Something More Than a Plain American Girl | 43 |
I Tried to Be Conspicuous | 62 |
Frightfully Difficult Trying to Keep Up Appearances | 83 |
He Never Grew Serious About Anything | 99 |
When Alice Came to Plunderland | 115 |
To Bask in the Rays of Your Reflected Glory | 139 |
Hello Hello Hello | 287 |
The Political Leader of the Family | 328 |
An Irresistible Magnet | 349 |
The Washington Dictatorship | 370 |
I Believe in the Preservation of This Republic | 398 |
Full Sixty Years the World Has Been Her Trade | 418 |
The Most Fascinating Conversationalist of Our Time | 450 |
Epilogue | 476 |
Alice Is Married at Last | 162 |
Mighty Pleased with My Daughter and Her Husband | 179 |
Expelled from the Garden of Eden | 199 |
Quite Marked Schizophrenia | 219 |
Beating Against Bars | 238 |
To Hate the Democrats So Wholeheartedly | 256 |
Acknowledgments | 485 |
Notes | 491 |
Selected Bibliography | 555 |
573 | |
Vanliga ord och fraser
Alice Alice Roosevelt Alice's American ARLD asked attended August became believed Bill Borah called campaign cause Chicago Cincinnati City Committee Congress continued convention daughter death December Democrats Diary dinner Edith Eleanor election enjoyed Ethel father February feel felt friends gave hard interest interview January John July June knew Lady later letter lived Longworth looked March married Mary Miss mother never newspaper Nick Nick's November October official once party Paulina played political present President Press reporters Republican returned Robert Ruth Senate September sister social Society Taft talk Theodore Theodore Roosevelt thing thought told took Tribune turned United University wanted Washington wedding White House wife woman women wrote York young