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Edith Roosevelt, First Lady

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 - September 30, 1948) was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1901-09. Although she attended his wedding to Alice Hathaway Lee in 1880, their lives ran separately until 1885. He proposed to Edith in 1885 and she accepted, but for appearance's sake the young widower delayed the announcement. After William McKinley's assassination, Mrs. Roosevelt assumed her new duties as First Lady with characteristic dignity. 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. Beyond the formal occasions, smaller parties brought together distinguished men and women from varied walks of life. Their marriage produced five children; four boys and one girl. She died in 1948, at the age of 87 and is interred next to her husband in Youngs Memorial Cemetery near Oyster Bay, New York.
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Edith Roosevelt, First Lady
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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 - September 30, 1948) was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1901-09. Although she attended his wedding to Alice Hathaway Lee in 1880, their lives ran separately until 1885. He proposed to Edith in 1885 and she accepted, but for appearance's sake the young widower delayed the announcement. After William McKinley's assassination, Mrs. Roosevelt assumed her new duties as First Lady with characteristic dignity. 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. Beyond the formal occasions, smaller parties brought together distinguished men and women from varied walks of life. Their marriage produced five children; four boys and one girl. She died in 1948, at the age of 87 and is interred next to her husband in Youngs Memorial Cemetery near Oyster Bay, New York.
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