Alice Roosevelt Longworth, née Alice Lee Roosevelt, (born February 12, 1884, New York, New York, U.S. died February 20, 1980, Washington, D.C.), American socialite and daughter of U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, who was known for her wit and her political influence. At the time of Alice Roosevelt’s birth, her father was a New York assemblyman. Her mother died two days after her birth, and during her father’s long absence in Dakota Territory she was reared by an aunt. After her father’s marriage in December 1886 to Edith Kermit Carow and the establishment of the family seat at Sagamore Hill in Oyster