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1889 - 1960 (~ 70 years)
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Name |
Eleanor Butler ALEXANDER |
Born |
Dec 1889 |
New York City |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
29 May 1960 |
Oyster Bay, NY |
Buried |
Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY |
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Notes |
- During her husband's service as Governor of Puerto Rico and Governor-General of the Philippines, she served during three years as First Lady of Puerto Rico (1929-1932) and the Philippines (1932-1933).
Throughout her life Eleanor Alexander not only supported "Ted" Roosevelt (the only general officer to land in the first wave on D-Day) in his career, but also proved a highly organized, socially conscious person in her own right. She helped improve the conditions of Puerto Rican women while her husband was governor of the island (1929-31); she organized the first American women's committee for China Relief (1937); and she directed the American Red Cross Club in England (1942). Eleanor received citations and commendations from, among others, the French government, Gen. John J. Pershing, and the U.S. War Department. She also wrote a fascinating account of her life in her memoirs, Day Before Yesterday.
More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Butler_Alexander-Roosevelt
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Person ID |
I10432 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
12 Jan 2012 |
Family |
General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., b. 13 Sep 1887, Oyster Bay Cove, NY , d. 11 Jul 1944, Normandy, France (Age 56 years) |
Married |
20 Jun 1910 |
New York City |
Children |
+ | 1. Grace Green Roosevelt, b. 17 Aug 1911, d. Feb 1994, Glyndon, MD (Age 82 years) |
+ | 2. Theodore Roosevelt, III, b. 14 Jun 1914, New York City , d. 02 May 2001, Mount Desert, ME (Age 86 years) |
| 3. Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt, b. 23 Oct 1915, New York City , d. 03 Aug 1991, Washington, DC (Age 75 years) |
+ | 4. Major Quintin Roosevelt, II, b. 04 Nov 1919, New York City , d. 21 Dec 1948, Basalt Island, Hong Kong, China (Age 29 years) |
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Last Modified |
12 Jan 2012 |
Family ID |
F6669 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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