Title

The Roosevelt women

Description

Draws from letters, memoirs, and interviews to chronicle the lives of nine women from the Roosevelt clan, covering a period of 150 years; discussing their activities as wives, mothers, authors, campaigners, and socialites.

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: How much money was there in the families? Alcoholism? Family personal tragedies. Mittie--T.R.'s mother a nebulous figure from Georgia. The "400" daughter not as attractive p 57. "Mothering." Feb. 14, 1884--Mother and Alice die. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister of T.R., son Stuart falls out of window at Harvard p 159. War and Peace. Family motto--Live for living not for the dead. Six month trip with Monroe and Douglas around the world. Edmund Morris vs. David Mc on Mittie p 63. 9 women Sara Delano, Alice, Bammie, Mittie. Theodores, Franklins. Alcoholism of the brothers p 281. Alice at TR inauguration--This is MY inauguration p 396. Alice's wedding 1905, 22 yrs old to Nick Longworth. Edith's commitment to Alice after-p 405. Birth of Paulina--and death-granddaughters move in. Marie Souvestre. Bamie or Bye--T.R.'s sister--(crippled) p 69. Anna E. Roosevelt--she added the E. Marries Will in London. Later he commands Missouri-1904 an accident. Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derby--only daughter of T.R.'s second wife Edith. June 4, 1943--Kermit shot himself in Alaska. June 1944--Ted has a heart attack--dies at Normandy. Archie--least favorite brother. Sagamore Hill--historic site as of 1953. Lamb checks some chapter numbers on the Contents page. Lamb circles and underlines some names on the genealogical table. Notes/Underlinings: Author's thoughts on earlier Roosevelt biographies. Financial sources for research, repositories visited. Eleanor's writings, details on Roosevelt women and their accomplishments. References to other Booknotes books: Blanche Wiesen's biography of Eleanore and Doris Kearns Goodwin's account of Franklin and Eleanor. Social directory. WASPs. "Eleanor--4 births in 53 months," women as managers, "high energy/intellectual curiosity," details on early lives, education, money, marriages, travel, children, political activities, death of children, births, relationships among Roosevelt women, alcohol in the family.

Identifier

806806

465071333

Creator

Caroli, Betty Boyd

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1998

Program air date: May 9, 1999

Publisher

Basic Books

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Subject

"Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948."

"Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962."

"Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Family."

"Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Family."

"Roosevelt family."

"Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography."

"Presidents--Family relationships--United States."

"Women--United States--Biography."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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