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Edith Roosevelt

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First Lady

The Resume

    (August 6, 1861-September 30, 1948)
    Birth name is Edith Kermit Carow
    2nd wife of President Theodore Roosevelt (December 2, 1886)
    First Lady (September 14, 1901-March 4 1909)

Why she might be annoying:

    She met Theodore Roosevelt when she was just four.
    She had turned down Theodore Roosevelt's proposals a number of times. He then married Alice, and after becoming a widower, he asked her again to marry him. She accepted.
    She believed men were superior to women.
    She named some of her kids Kermit, Archibald and Quentin.
    She was not well liked by her stepdaughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
    She actively campaigned against Franklin Roosevelt's presidential bid.
    She urged President Theodore Roosevelt to run for a third term but he declined (1908).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She attended Miss Comstock's School.
    She loved to read Shakespeare and poetry.
    She had the ability to name different types of flowers.
    She was the opposite of President Theodore Roosevelt's boisterous personality being calm and staid.
    She made tarts.
    She changed the name of the Executive Mansion officially to the White House.
    She made the second floor of the White House a private family area.
    She was the first First Lady to hire a social secretary.
    She supervised a major renovation of the White House, including adding a tennis court (1802).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 60 Votes: 38.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 36.54% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 118 Votes: 44.92% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 102 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 65 Votes: 64.62% Annoying