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  Edith Roosevelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948), second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, was First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
Edith Kermit Carow knew Theodore Roosevelt from infancy; as a toddler she became a playmate of his younger sister Corinne.
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith were married in London in December 1886.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edith_Roosevelt   (440 words)

  
 American President
Edith arranged for the china from the past twenty-five administrations to be displayed in cabinets along a ground floor hallway where guests stood in line to meet the first couple.
Edith also used her "cabinet meetings" to release her schedule of entertainments so that she would not be upstaged.
Roosevelt," a title she preferred to that of "First Lady." To that end, she encouraged Teddy Roosevelt to take time from his busy work schedule to rest and worked to keep her children out of the public eye.
www.americanpresident.org /history/theodoreroosevelt/firstlady/email.html   (969 words)

  
 Theodore Roosevelt - dKosopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none.
Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a "trust buster" by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest.
His Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php?title=Theodore_Roosevelt&printable=yes   (647 words)

  
 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Biography: Edith Kermit Carow knew Theodore Roosevelt from infancy; as a toddler she became a playmate of his younger sister Corinne.
Putting tragedy behind him, he and Edith were married in London in December 1886.
Roosevelt meant to guard the privacy of a family that attracted everyone's interest, and she tried to keep reporters outside her domain.
clinton3.nara.gov /WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/er26.html   (480 words)

  
 Edith Carow Roosevelt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Edith Carow Roosevelt (1861-1948) was the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, who served as president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
Roosevelt, whose maiden name was Edith Kermit Carow, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, on Aug. 6, 1861.
Edith Roosevelt was generally in charge of disciplining the children.
www.worldbook.com /wc/features/presidents/html/roosevelt_edith.htm   (318 words)

  
 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
During her years at the White House (1901–09), Edith Roosevelt—wife of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt—did several things that aided other first ladies in years to come.
Roosevelt was the second of four children born into a long-established, socially prominent family of Dutch and English ancestry; his mother, Martha Bulloch of Georgia, came from a wealthy, slave-owning plantation family.
As the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, she had the distinction of being first lady longer than any other presidential wife—slightly more than 12 years (1933–45)—and her defense of the rights of minorities, youth,...
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 Information on the Sagamore Hill Bears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
"Edith Kermit Carow was born in 1861 in Connecticut and knew the Roosevelts practically from birth, being a childhood sweetheart of Theodore as well as a playmate of his younger sister Corinne.
Edith is well documented as being the premier first lady to employ a social secretary for official government functions, whilst simultaneously personally supervising the restoration of the White House to its former 18th century elegance.
Edith also flourished in her private life and though she kept a firm rein on their six children, she was also known to be a loving and sympathetic mother.
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 Edith Roosevelt - TheBestLinks.com - Edith Carow, August 6, Connecticut, First Lady of the United States, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Edith Carow, Edith Roosevelt, August 6, Connecticut, First Lady of the United...
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 - September 30, 1948), second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, was First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
He and Edith were married in London in December 1886.
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 Edith Roosevelt, First Lady
Edith Carow was born on August 6, 1861 in Norwich, Connecticut.
Edith was friends with Theodore Roosevelt as well as his sisters.
Roosevelt not only handled the social events, her daughter's wedding, but she also supervised the addition of the East and West Wings to the White House.
www.classroomhelp.com /lessons/FirstLadies/ERoosevelt.html   (165 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Edith Kermit Carow married Theodore Roosevelt, then a rancher and writer, in London in 1886.
Edith, right, is shown with her daughter Ethel Carow Roosevelt.
encarta.msn.com /media_461520858_761558578_-1_1/Edith_Kermit_Carow_Roosevelt.html   (50 words)

  
 Kermit and Belle Roosevelt Papers (Library of Congress)
The papers of the Kermit and Belle Roosevelt received by the Library between 1954 and 1973 were processed and described by Grover Batts and Thelma Queen in 1977.
In the correspondence exchanged with his brother, Theodore Roosevelt, there are references to political and economic affairs in Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands, where Theodore served as governor from 1929 to 1932 and governor- general from 1932 to 1933.
Roosevelt in 1944 and her efforts to memorialize her husband through the creation of a lecture fund and dedication of a cemetery gate at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
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 First Ladies' Biographical Information
Edith Roosevelt was the opposite, in nature, from her ebullient and outgoing husband: she was reserved, even aloof, and could use her manner to indicate her disapproval.
Edith also underscored her husband’s tendency to talk too long by tapping the table with her finger, causing his flow of words to cease.
Edith allowed her office to be used by the State Department for secret letters to be passed between the President and Cecil Spring-Rice, a close personal friend and the English ambassador to Russia.
www.firstladies.org /biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=26   (1385 words)

  
 The Presidents' Project - TR - Early Life and Career Before Presidency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Roosevelt was very interested in politics and writing.
Roosevelt also was a member of the U.S. Civil Service Commission from 1889-1895.
Roosevelt also worked as an assistance secretary of the navy from 1897-1898 appointed by president William McKinley.
surfaquarium.com /PP/RooseveltT/trlifebeforepres.html   (462 words)

  
 MD-Times.com - Likely Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Edith Kermit Carow was born on August 6, 1861 in Norwich, Connecticut, but grew up in New York’s Union Square.
Edith was supportive of her husband’s careers and stood by his side as he served as assistant to the Secretary of Navy, A Rough Rider war hero, Governor of New York, Vice-President and President.
Edith was the first wife of a president to hire a social secretary.
www.md-times.com /?module=displaystory&story_id=7734&format=html   (564 words)

  
 Edith Roosevelt - wife of Theodore Roosevelt
Edith was born into an environment of breeding, comfort and tradition.
Edith's presence was indelible and she was very much a force in shaping Theodore's outlook and actions.
First Lady Edith Roosevelt played the major role in overseeing the largest renovation of the White House into the stately and practical government center it is today.
www.theodoreroosevelt.org /life/familytree/Edith.htm   (1989 words)

  
 Edith Roosevelt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Edith Carow Roosevelt was the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, who served as president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
She married Theodore Roosevelt in 1886, two years after his first wife Alice's death, putting the tragedy behing them, and they settled down in a house on Sagamore Hill, at Oyster Bay.
Roosevelt lived almost 30 years after her husband's death in 1919.
goofy313g.free.fr /calisota_online/exist/edith.html   (320 words)

  
 Newsletters Summer and Fall 2001
With the departure of Ida Saxton McKinley and the arrival of Edith Roosevelt and her large active family, the sedate 19th Century gave way to the hustle and bustle of the 20th.
Edith Kermit Carow's early life had been a troubled one and one on which she did not like to reflect.
Public notice of her private life was Edith's greatest fear, but with seemingly untroubled grace, at every turn, she tried to deflect interest in her family by willingly performing as a full-fledged public figure, thereby increasing the citizenry's awareness of the entity of First Lady.
www.firstladies.org /NewslettersSummerandFall2001.htm   (2965 words)

  
 Kermit Roosevelt
Kemit, like most of the other Roosevelt children attended the local public school for his earliest formal schooling and then followed his father and older brother Ted's footsteps to Groton, a prestigious private school and on to Harvard, completing the standard four year course in a mere 2 1/2 years.
The 3rd child and 2nd son, was a fierce defender of his father as a young boy, close companion as a young man and as his father neared the end of his life, Kermit became one of his father's "closest confidantes".
Kermit Roosevelt shared his father's love of the outdoors and physical activity.
home.earthlink.net /~rms952/Kermit.html   (848 words)

  
 Theodore Roosevelt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Roosevelt had known Edith as his neighbor since childhood.
In her role as First Lady, Edith Roosevelt avoided the limelight as much a possible.
On the great social issues of the day—suffrage and equal rights for women, Edith made no comments for public consumption, and little is known about her private views.
www.historywise.com /KoTrain/Courses/TR/TR_The_First_Lady.htm   (346 words)

  
 EDITH KERMIT CAROW ROOSEVELT - AUTOGRAPH ENVELOPE SIGNED CIRCA 1943
Connecticut-born Edith Kermit Carow grew up near the Roosevelts in Manhattan and was a constant companion of the Roosevelt children.
Alice died in 1884 and a chance meeting of Edith and Theodore in 1885 rekindled their friendship.
Edith Kermit Roosevelt was granted the franking privilege on October 27, 1919, on what would have been TR's 61st birthday.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/5_2001/presidents/EDITH_KERMIT_CAROW_ROOSEVELT.htm   (234 words)

  
 Additional Reading (from Edith Roosevelt) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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In such societies written language is the chief means of transmitting culture and the benefits of civilization...
She was involved in designing costumes for hundreds of movies from the 1930s to the 1980s and was the first woman to head a design department at a major film studio.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-214692   (742 words)

  
 Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Edith Kermit Carow grew up in New York City in the same circles as did Theodore Roosevelt.
During her years as First Lady (1901-09), Edith Kermit Roosevelt dazzled social and political Washington as hostess, confidante, and mother of six, leading her husband to remark, "Mrs.
Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House, by Phyllis Lee Lee Levin
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 Bully, With John Davidson
September 14, upon the assassination of President McKinley in Buffalo, N.Y. Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as the 26th President, the youngest man ever to reach that office, 42years, 10 months, 18 days.
Roosevelt obtains the Pure Food and Drug Act, the Reclamation Act and Employer's Liability Laws; above all, he strenuously concentrates his efforts on conservation, and the establishment of preserves for future generations.
By his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, one daughter, Ethel, and four sons, Theodore, Kermit, Archie and Quentin.
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 EDITH KERMIT CAROW ROOSEVELT - CLIPPED SIGNATURE
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow were childhood friends on East 20th Street in Manhattan.
After Roosevelt's wife, Alice, died in 1884 at the age of 22, Theodore and Edith renewed their friendship and were wed in 1886.
Typed at lower right: "Mrs Theodore Roosevelt./Wife of former President Roosevelt", so this was signed between March 1909, when TR left office, and Edith's death in 1948.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/3_2001/presidents/EDITH_KERMIT_CAROW_ROOSEVELT.htm   (176 words)

  
 Kermit Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress
Kermit Roosevelt's papers, which reflect his varied career as soldier, author, explorer, and businessman, comprise three-fourths of Part I. Among a group of diaries for the years 1902 through 1929, those for the years when he attended Groton School and when he accompanied his father, President Theodore Roosevelt,
In the correspondence exchanged with his brother, Theodore Roosevelt, there are references to political and economic affairs in Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands, where Theodore served as governor from 1929 to 1932 and governor-general from 1932 to 1933.
Roosevelt's correspondence with Lawrence Timpson and Edwin Arlington Robinson.
www.nps.gov /sahi/trwired/locpaperskermit.htm   (2520 words)

  
 Roosevelt, Texas - links to government resources and information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In 1906, President Roosevelt named Lodowick "Lock" McDaniel of Grimes County, Texas to be the first man appointed as the United States Attorney for the...
On March 4, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt signed "a bill to divide the State of Texas into four judicial districts," creating the Southern District of...
Territory was honored in 1905 by a visit of President Theodore Roosevelt to the...
www.us-news-watch.com /Texas/Roosevelt.html   (669 words)

  
 Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Biography - Abridged Presidential Biographies : Article from CultureMonster.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Biography - Abridged Presidential Biographies
OVERVIEW - Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Biography - Abridged Presidential Biographies - 26th President, 1901-1909..
Married to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt - WhiteHouse.gov
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 Tucson Pima Public Library /All Locations
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 1861-1948 / by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg
Theodore Roosevelt and eventually First Lady when he was elected the twenty-sixth president of the United States
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948 -- Juvenile literature
infolynx.ci.tucson.az.us:90 /record=b1296576   (69 words)

  
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The Teddy Bear was created in honor of Theodore Roosevelt because he refused to shoot a bear cub.
Theodore Roosevelt was born to Theodore and Martha Roosevelt on October 27th, 1858 in New York, New York.
Later he married Edith Kermit Carow, they had five children: Theodore, Kermit, Ethel, Archibald, and Quentin.
www.andover.k12.nh.us /8th0102/presidents/prez26.htm   (272 words)

  
 Edith Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Edith Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States
A quiet girl who loved books, she was often Theodore's companion for summer outings at Oyster Bay, Long Island.
Theodore and Edith were married in London, December 2, 1886.
www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/ladies/bio/26ers.html   (314 words)

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