Bibliography: Roosevelt, Edith
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TitleAuthorYearPublisher/PublicationNotes
Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, From White House Princess to Washington Power BrokerCordery, Stacy A.2007New York: VikingThe only biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth written by an historian, Alice is based on Longworth's private papers and provides an insider's view of first ladies during Mrs L's sixty years in Washington (including her step-mother Edith Roosevelt).
* Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt LongworthTeichmann, Howard1979Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall 
* Alice Roosevelt LongworthFelsenthal, Carol1988New York: Putnam 
All in the FamilyRoosevelt, Theodore, Jr.1929New York: Putnam 
* The Amazing Roosevelt Family, 1613-1942Schriftgiesser, Karl1942New York: W. Funk 
* American Backlogs: The Story of Gertrude Tyler and Her Family, 1660-1860Roosevelt, Edith Kermit1928New York: Scribner’s 
American First LadiesWatson, Robert P., ed.2006Pasadena, CA: Salem Press 
American National BiographyCarnes, Mark C., and John A. Garraty, eds.1999New York: Oxford University PressThe American National Biography was originally published in 24 volumes. It is updated semi-annually. The print edition contains biographies of Americans who died before 1955. The on-line, subscription version, contains those who died after 1955.
* America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White HouseAnthony, Carl Sferrazza2000New York: Touchstone 
America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their HonorWadley, Carma2007Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) 19 February 2007Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
AutobiographyRoosevelt, Theodore1913New York: Macmillan 
* Bamie: Theodore Roosevelt’s Remarkable SisterRixey, Lillian1963New York: David McKay 
Beside the Throne PowerWilliams, Sally2005Western Mail and Echo [England] 30 April 2005Compares Edith Roosevelt with Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Breakfast Incident at the White House 1902New York Times 22 December 
"The Bride at Every Wedding:" Theodore Roosevelt in the White HouseMiller, Nathan1994Prologue (26.4) 1994 
The Bull Moose Years: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive PartyGable, John A.1978New York: Kennikat Press 
A “Bully” First Lady: Edith Kermit RooseveltLansford, Tom2003New York: Nova PublicationsIn the “Presidential Wives” series.
Celebrating Women: History, Biographies, and MuseumsByerly, Greg, and Carolyn Brodie2005Library Media Activities Monthly April 2005Reviews of websites containing information about the First Ladies, including the National First Ladies Library.
* Children In the White HouseSadler, Christine1967New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons 
* Cleared for Strange PortsRoosevelt, Edith Kermit, Richard Derby, and Kermit Roosevelt1924New York: Scribner’sIncludes two chapters written by the former First Lady.
Congress Clears Dollar Coin BillHiga, Liriel2005CQ Weekly 26 December 2005House of Representatives passes bill which would allow the Treasury to mint $10 coins with images of First Ladies.
Constitutionalists on the March 1935Literary Digest 28 September 1935 
Cowboys and Kings: Three Great Letters Roosevelt, Theodore1954Cambridge: Harvard University PressEdited by Elting E. Morison.
* Crowded HoursLongworth, Alice Roosevelt1933New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 
Dear First Lady: Letters to the White HouseYoung, Dwight, and Margaret Johnson, eds.2008Washington, D.C.: National Geographic SocietyReproductions of letters from the Library of Congress and the National Archives to and from First Ladies, with annotations explaining the nature of the correspondence and the historical contexts within which each epistle was written.
Death of a Lady 1948Time Magazine 11 October 
* Diaries of Boyhood and YouthRoosevelt, Theodore1928New York: Scribner’s 
Dictionary of American Biography 1980New York: ScribnerThe venerable Dictionary of American Biography was first published in twenty volumes between 1927 and 1936. Ten subsequent volumes were published, and the most recent, edited by historian Kenneth Jackson and published by Scribner, includes Americans who died before the year 1980. The First Ladies are included.
* Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, in American First LadiesCordery, Stacy A.2001 Prof. Cordery's biographical essay can be found in American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy, Lewis L. Gould, ed., 2nd ed.
Edith Kermit Roosevelt: First Lady, First MommyHastings, Catherine M.2004Inventing a Voice: The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century Hastings's article can be found in Inventing a Voice: The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century, Molly Meijer Wertheimer, ed.(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004).
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