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Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker
Viking Adult
October 2007
On Sale: October 18, 2007
608 pages
ISBN: 0670018333
EAN: 9780670018338
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
An intimate and revealing portrait of America’s most
memorable first daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth lived her entire life on the
political stage and in the public eye, earning her the
nickname “the other Washington monument.” In this new
biography—the first in twenty years—Stacy A. Cordery
presents a detailed and richly entertaining portrait of the
witty and whip- smart daughter of Teddy Roosevelt. “Princess Alice” was a tempestuous teenager. Smoking,
gambling, and dressing flamboyantly, she flouted social
conventions and opened the door for other women to do the
same. Her husband was Speaker of the House Nicholas
Longworth but—as Cordery documents for the first time—she
had a child with her lover, Senator William Borah of Idaho.
Alice’s political acumen was widely respected in Washington.
She was a sharp-tongued critic of her cousin FDR’s New Deal
programs, and meetings in her drawing room helped to change
the course of history, from undermining the League of
Nations to boosting Nixon. During the Kennedy and Johnson
administrations, her legendary salons were still the center
of political ferment. With new insights into Teddy Roosevelt, and for everyone who
delights in Washington history and gossip, Alice is a
fascinating portrait of a woman who influenced American
politics for nearly a century.
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