Alice Roosevelt Longworth

ABOUT ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH

The oldest child of former US President Theodore Roosevelt , she was an American socialite who famously quipped, "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." She was a writer and a socialite. Her life was unconventional and produced a child who was born out of an affair.

She became a fashion icon and instant celebrity at age seventeen due to her father's assumption of office.

During the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations, she became a Democrat, and she identified herself as a hedonist during a 60 Minutes interview.

Her parents were President Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee.

Her fifth cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt served as the 32nd President of the United States.