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Aug 20, 2018 · Posted on August 20, 2018 by Historical Snapshots. Standing 5’7″ and willowy with long wavy golden hair and blue-gray eyes, Alice Hathaway Lee was radiant, enchanting. Family members called her “sunshine.”. In many ways, she was what Theodore Roosevelt was not.
In The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt, O'Keefe meticulously chronicles Roosevelt's romantic entanglements against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America. From his poignant courtship with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, to the enduring love affair with his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, O'Keefe navigates the complexities of Roosevelt's ...
Born Alice Hathaway Lee on July 29, 1861, in Boston, Massachusetts; died on February 14, 1884, in New York, New York; second daughter of George Cabot Lee (a banker) and Caroline Watts (Haskell) Lee; married Theodore Roosevelt (future president of the U.S.), on October 27, 1880, in Brookline, Massachusetts; children: one daughter, Alice ...
Oct 27, 2011 · Oct 27, 2011. On October 27, 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee on what was also his 22nd birthday. Theodore had met Alice Lee during his junior year at Harvard; Theodore later claimed he had fallen in love at first sight and would not stop until he’d won her hand in marriage. Alice turned down his first marriage proposal.
The rare old point lace that trimmed the neckline and elbow-length sleeves of her gown was Alice’s “something old.” The lace had been used on her mother Alice Hathaway Lee’s wedding dress when she married Theodore Roosevelt; tragically, Alice Lee died at age 22, only two days after their only daughter was born.
Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (July 29, 1861 – February 14, 1884) was the first wife of Teddy Roosevelt. She died in 1884. She was of Mexican descent and born in Texas. She had 1 child with her husband. Categories: 1884 deaths. First Ladies of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt. People from Texas. 1861 births.
Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee: A new perspective. Harvard Library Bulletin XXXIII (3), Summer 1985: 225-238. Permanent link. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42671437. Terms of Use.
