EDITH KERMIT CAROW ROOSEVELT RPPC Real Photo Postcard PRESIDENT THEODORE TR

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\"Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt\"

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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt(August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was the second wife of PresidentTheodore Rooseveltand served asFirst Lady of the United Statesduring his presidency from 1901 to 1909.

Edith and her sister Emily Tyler Carow (1865—1939) were brought up in an Environment of comfort and tradition. An infant brother, Kermit (February 1860 — August 1860) died one year before her birth.Edith was born inNorwich, Connecticut, to merchant Charles Carow (1825–1883) and Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler (1836–1895). Gertrude\'s fatherDaniel Tyler(1799–1882) served as Union general in theAmerican Civil War. Edith grew up next door toTheodore \"T.R.\" Roosevelt, Jr.(1858–1919) (the elder son of philanthropistTheodore Roosevelt, Sr.and socialiteMartha Stewart \"Mittie\" Bulloch) in New York and was best friends with his younger sisterCorinne(1861–1933). She was T.R.\'s first real playmate outside his immediate family. Edith recalled, \"I was but four years old, when my mother came to the nursery to say that the Roosevelt children were coming to spend the day. I remember hiding my old and broken toys and my nurse explaining that the shabbiest of all might give the visitors the most pleasure.\" Martha Stewart Bullock became aware of the \"growing intimacy\" between Edith and her son and invited her to join him for kindergarten tuition.[1]During her childhood, Edith was known as \"Spotless Edie.\"[2]

At Miss Comstock\'s school, Edith acquired the proper finishing touch for a young lady of that era. A quiet girl who loved books, she was often T.R.\'s companion for summer outings atOyster Bay,Long Island; but this ended when he enteredHarvard Collegein 1876. Although she attended his wedding toAlice Hathaway Leein 1880, their lives ran separately until 1885.

Romance and marriage[edit]

Alice Roosevelt died in February, 1884. Theodore Roosevelt proposed to Edith on November 17, 1885 and she accepted. However, for appearance\'s sake, the young widower delayed the announcement.

They married on December 2, 1886, atSt. George\'s Church of Hanover Square, inLondon, England. On the day of the wedding, a quiet affair with few guests, the London fog was so thick that it filled the church. The groom was visible however, for he wore bright orange gloves. His best man wasCecil Arthur Spring-Rice, who later served as British ambassador to the United States duringWorld War Iand maintained a close friendship with the couple for the rest of his life.[3]

After a 15-week honeymoon tour of Europe, the newlyweds settled down in a house onSagamore Hill, at Oyster Bay. Mrs. Roosevelt, reserved and efficient, managed the household budget. Throughout T.R.\'s intensely active career, family life remained close and harmonious.

First Lady of the United States[edit]Edith Roosevelt in her official White House Portrait

AfterWilliam McKinley\'s assassination, Mrs. Roosevelt assumed her new duties asFirst Ladywith characteristic dignity. She meant to guard the privacy of a family that attracted everyone\'s interest, and she tried to keep reporters outside her domain. The public, in consequence, heard little of the vigor of her character, her sound judgment, her efficient household management.

As First Lady, her first \"symbolic\" activity was to throw open the windows to let in sunlight and fresh air while dissipating the \"dark, musty\" atmosphere. Roosevelt rearranged the furniture after this as well, but a few days later, when the White House was \"partly settled,\" Edith collapsed into a \"heavy sleep\" for 48 hours.[4]She converted the traditional weekly levees to musicales, remodeled the White House at a cost of $475,000 into what the president described as \"a simple and dignified dwelling for the head of a republic.\" During T.R.\'s administration, the White House was unmistakably the social center of the land. Beyond the formal occasions, smaller parties brought together distinguished men and women from varied walks of life. Three family events were highlights: the debut of her stepdaughterAlice Lee Rooseveltin 1902, the wedding of \"Princess Alice\" toNicholas Longworthin 1906, and daughter Ethel\'s debut. A perceptive aide described the First Lady as \"always the gentle, high-bred hostess; smiling often at what went on about her, yet never critical of the ignorant and tolerant always of the little insincerities of political life.\"

Later life and death[edit]

On July 14, 1918, her son Quentin died during aerial combat over France. After her husband\'s death in 1919, she traveled abroad but always returned to Sagamore Hill as her home. Roosevelt had to get away from her own home due to it reminding her of her late husband. In New York City, she arranged for her and her maid to sail for Europe on February 5, 1919. After suffering from a severe headache over the weekend, Roosevelt was finally able to monitor Quentin\'s grave on February 18, 1919. Roosevelt arranged with representatives for ninety residents of Chamery for a fountain in his memory to be erected since his body was to remain in France.[5]

She kept till the end her interest in the Needlework Guild, a charity which provided garments for the poor, and in the work of Christ Church at Oyster Bay. She established a second residence in the Tyler family\'s ancestral hometown of Brooklyn, Connecticut. Mrs. Roosevelt came out ofretirementand campaigned briefly forHerbert Hooverin his offer for re-election in the1932 presidential election, thus campaigning against her nephew-in-lawFranklin D. Roosevelt.[6]

She died at herOyster Bayhome inNew Yorkon September 30, 1948, at the age of 87 and is interred next to her husband inYoungs Memorial Cemeterynear Oyster Bay, New York.

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